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Special
Meeting (2002)
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS FOR THE
PROMOTION OF AND RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
Washington, D.C., March 6,
2002
AGENDA
(Adopted at the Regular
Meeting of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs
on February 21, 2002)
Introduction
I. Conference of
Government Experts on the Application of International
Humanitarian Law and Related Inter-American Conventions,
held in San José, Costa Rica, on March 6-8, 2001
1.
Report of the OAS Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA)
2.
Conclusions and Follow-up to the
Conference
(Spanish only)
II. Fulfillment of
resolution AG/RES. 1770 (XXXI-O/01) of the OAS General
Assembly regarding the Statute of the International Criminal
Court at the Hemispheric level
III. Fulfillment of
Resolution AG/RES. 1771 (XXXI-O/01) of the OAS General
Assembly (Promotion of and Respect for International Human
Law)
1. Implementation of
international humanitarian law standards at the national
level
2. Dissemination of
international humanitarian law among the armed forces and
security forces of member states.
Presentation: Inter-American Defense College
3. Update on
inter-American demining efforts (Conclusions of the
Conference of Managua)
Presentation: Ambassador
Lombardo Martínez Cabezas
4. Involvement of children in armed conflicts and their
protection
5. Development of new
weapons and methods of warfare. Study of their effects
pursuant to Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the
Geneva Convention
IV. The role of the
International Committee of the Red Cross and the formation
of national committees to implement international
humanitarian law
V. Drafting of a
Rapporteur's report
and possible presentation of conclusions of the Special
Meeting for presentation to:
1. The Fourth Meeting of
Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of
the Americas (REMJA IV) and
2. The Thirty-second OAS
General Assembly (in accordance with the procedures
currently in effect) |
Special
Meeting (2004)
