They shall request the State party to ensure that no obstacles are placed in the way of witnesses and other individuals wishing to meet with the designated members of the Committee and that no retaliatory measure is taken against those individuals or their families.

i When holding oral hearings.

Visits may, with the consent of the State party, include hearings

There are no plans to hold evening plenary meetings.

The mobile courts provided free hearings for unregistered youth.

Over the same period, the Court has also held oral hearings in three cases.

There is also a plan for public hearings with regard to the content of the draft instrument, through the holding of several workshops during the fiscal year 2006 at both the central and provincial levels to ensure active participation of all concerned parties.

We hope that those offices will also explore the possibility of holding hearings in the affected regions.

The Chairman drew attention to aide mémoire 9 04 Add.1 of 14 June 2004, to which were attached copies of the statements received from representatives of organizations with requests for hearings in conjunction with the consideration of the question of Puerto Rico by the Special Committee.

In Australia, the State Government of Queensland has established a community engagement division within the Premier's Department to engage the community in relevant policy deliberations to ensure social justice, equity and relevancy in public policies and programmes, especially at the regional level.

They want the IPU to facilitate the provision of more and better information to national parliaments on the activities of the United Nations.

The Hearings shall consist of a brief opening plenary meeting followed by four sequential Hearings sessions on the basis of two Hearings sessions a day, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Keeping the members informed

The designated members shall establish, in cooperation with the State party concerned, the conditions and guarantees required for conducting such hearings.

(c) The Secretary General shall be responsible for all necessary arrangements for meetings of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies.

The Committee chairman shall attend hearings to respond to any questions of Member States on the Committee's activities.

1 To be issued.

To be sure, some Democrats have recently launched Congressional hearings into the Bush administration s abuses of power.

A President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in History in America recently sponsored hearings in many parts of the country.

Can the US military s rape culture be changed? Congressional leaders have held hearings and vowed reform but there have been hearings and vows before.

In addition, question and answer sessions for interested delegations may be arranged in the weeks leading up to the High level Plenary Meeting.

(a) The review meeting will comprise plenary meetings, an informal interactive hearing with civil society, panel discussions and round tables

(a) The high level meeting will comprise plenary meetings, five thematic panel discussions and an informal interactive hearing with civil society

One can anticipate the Republicans, now in control of the House of Representatives, exploiting their ability to convene hearings to question and review foreign policy.

Environmentalists were even permitted to take part in a public hearing on the Tiger Leaping Gorge project, a first for China.

In view of the established practice of the Committee, he proposed, if he heard no objection, to comply with those requests for hearings of three petitioners.

Uganda). In addition, hearings on the preliminary objections of Rwanda have recently taken place in the case concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v.

Organization of work (A C.4 60 1, A C.4 60 L.1, A C.4 60 INF 1 and aide mémoire 1 05 (Requests for hearing))

The organization also was intimately involved in the Preparatory Committee Meetings in Geneva and Santiago leading up to WCAR, through its representatives in both cities.

In subsequent months, the hearings of the Pecora Commission featured many sensational revelations about the practices that led to the 1930 s financial crisis.

With the consent of the State party concerned, visits may include hearings to enable the designated members of the Committee to determine facts or issues relevant to the inquiry.

Congressional leaders have held hearings and vowed reform but there have been hearings and vows before. Yet another lawsuit regarding sex crimes was dismissed this year.

The General Assembly decided to hold informal interactive hearings on 23 and 24 June 2005 with representatives of NGOs, civil society organizations and the private sector.

Hearings were held with representatives from civil society and of institutions directly involved in combating violence against women to provide a vision of the present context with respect to the issues of domestic violence.

Public hearings had been held, involving legislators, representatives of political parties, leaders of local authorities and women's organizations, and the public had been informed through the communications media.

If on the invitation of any member the Council meets elsewhere than at the headquarters of the Organization, that member shall pay the additional cost of holding the meeting away from headquarters.

7. Further decides to hold, prior to the High Level Dialogue, one day of informal hearings with representatives of civil society and the business sector accredited to the Dialogue, and requests the Secretariat to submit a summary of those hearings as an input to the discussions to be held at the Dialogue

Circulated in accordance with a decision taken by the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) at its 1st meeting, on 29 September 2005.

Requests for hearing

To defend its legality in hearings before Germany s Constitutional Court, the ECB itself has argued that the OMT program is a less potent instrument than many believe.

He exercised his right to independent merits review of both adverse decisions and attended hearings before the Refugee Review Tribunal that were fair and unbiased.

He also announced that the Organization was convening an international conference on the present status of cultural rights and future perspectives, which would take place in Rabat from 14 to 16 December 2005.

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Where such commissions are already in existence, they should have powers to hold public hearings on minority issues and have the mandate to investigate and grant remedies for the violation of minority rights.

The Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) will hold its 1st meeting on Thursday, 29 September 2005, at 10 a.m. in Conference Room 4, to consider (a) Allocation of agenda items and (b) Organization of work (A C.4 60 1, A C.4 60 L.11, A C.4 60 INF 1 and aide mémoire 1 052 (Requests for hearing)).