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Introductory Remarks

Introductory Remarks Madame Belliard, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee of Legal Advisers in Public International Law (CAHDI), Mr. Lezertua, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law, Distinguished guests and CAHDI participants, It is a great pleasure to take part in this Conference on ‘The Judge and International Custom’, jointly organized here in Paris by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France and the Council of Europe. I look forward to greeting the Minister Delegate for European Affairs, M. Bernard Cazeneuve, who will be addressing us later this morning. It is much appreciated that he has found the time to attend our Conference despite his busy schedule. The subject of this Conference interests me greatly. In May 2012 I was appointed Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commission for the topic Formation and evidence of customary international law . 1 The Commission’s work on the topic is still at a very early stage. In late July, just before the end of this year’s session, we had a brief but interesting debate 2 on the basis of a short preliminary Note. 3 My statement in the Commission summarizing the debate is annexed to these Introductory Remarks. 4 The role of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals Brill

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Brill
Copyright
© 2013 Council of Europe
Subject
Opening Presentations
ISSN
1569-1853
eISSN
1571-8034
DOI
10.1163/15718034-12341252
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Madame Belliard, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee of Legal Advisers in Public International Law (CAHDI), Mr. Lezertua, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law, Distinguished guests and CAHDI participants, It is a great pleasure to take part in this Conference on ‘The Judge and International Custom’, jointly organized here in Paris by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France and the Council of Europe. I look forward to greeting the Minister Delegate for European Affairs, M. Bernard Cazeneuve, who will be addressing us later this morning. It is much appreciated that he has found the time to attend our Conference despite his busy schedule. The subject of this Conference interests me greatly. In May 2012 I was appointed Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commission for the topic Formation and evidence of customary international law . 1 The Commission’s work on the topic is still at a very early stage. In late July, just before the end of this year’s session, we had a brief but interesting debate 2 on the basis of a short preliminary Note. 3 My statement in the Commission summarizing the debate is annexed to these Introductory Remarks. 4 The role of

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The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2013

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