Special Meeting of the Committee on Juridical and
Political Affairs on Topics of Current Interest in
International Humanitarian Law (2006-07)
Headquarters
Washington DC
February 1, 2007 - 9.30 AM
Videos
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.
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