Special Meeting of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs on Topics of Current Interest in International Humanitarian Law

Headquarters
Washington DC
February 1, 2007 - 9.30 AM

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I. [OPENING SESSION]. Remarks by: • Ambassador Osmar Chohfi, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the OAS and Chair of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP) • OAS General Secretariat • Philip Spoerri, Director for International Law and Cooperation within the Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent • John Wilson, Department of International Law, OAS General Secretariat.

II. [CURRENT ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW] A. Protection of Persons Deprived of their Liberty • Laura Olson, Legal Advisor to the ICRC Regional Delegation for the United States and Canada B. Protection of Disappeared Persons and Assistance for Members of Their Families • Peru: Eduardo Vega, Assistant Ombudsman for Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities, Ombudsman’s office, Peru..

III. [RESOLUTIONS ON IHL: IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION AG/RES. 2226, “PROMOTION OF AND RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW” AND THE RESOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW] • Member states guests: - Costa Rica: Eugenia María Gutiérrez Ruiz: Legal Advisor, Executive Secretariat, Costa Rican International Humanitarian Law Commission (CCDIH), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship - Mexico: Counselor Victor Manuel Uribe Aviña, Assistant Legal Consultant, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs - Mrs. Liliana López Ortiz, Assistant Director of International Law, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs • Antón Camen, Legal Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean (ICRC) • Elizabeth Anderson, Executive Director, American Society of International Law.

IV. [CURRENT ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW] (continued). A. Protection of displaced persons. Colombia: Dr. Ana María Arango, International Cooperation Adviser, Presidential Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation. B. Grave Breaches of International Humanitarian Law. Uruguay: Dr. Oscar López Goldaracena, Principal author of Uruguay's Law No. 18.026.

V. [HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS] • Philip Spoerri, Director for International Law and Cooperation within the Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent • Dialogue with member states.

VI. [CLOSING SESSION] • Report on the special meeting • Closing remarks: - Philip Spoerri, Director for International Law and Cooperation within the Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent - Ambassador Osmar Chohfi, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the OAS and Chair of the CAJP.