Privileges and immunities

Protocol on Privileges and Immunities

Privileges and immunities not affected by the present Convention

Privileges and immunities during court proceedings

Examples are judges of the Law of the Sea Tribunal, inspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency, and human rights rapporteurs.

Amending the Kyoto Protocol to confer privileges and immunities

Possible action by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol The COP MOP may wish to consider and adopt a decision on whether and how privileges and immunities should be provided to members, alternates and experts of constituted bodies in the discharge of their functions under the Kyoto Protocol, and what process should be put in place whereby third parties may settle any disputes against these individuals.

Accordingly, some reforms to the present regime of privileges and immunities are advisable.

Agreement on privileges and immunities between the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and States parties

Members of expert review teams have no privileges and immunities from third party suits, except in Germany and in those countries where a conference agreement has been drafted broadly enough to encompass their activities.

The Subsidiary Body for Implementation did not complete its consideration of issues under this agenda item, and decided to recommend the following draft decision for adoption by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its first session.

Privileges and immunities for individuals serving on constituted bodies established under the Kyoto Protocol

This need for operational independence is why privileges and immunities are accorded to international organizations.

Item 6 Report of the administrator of the international transaction log under the Kyoto Protocol Item 10 Matters relating to Article 2, paragraph 3, of the Kyoto Protocol

The note discusses the regime of privileges and immunities in the context of the United Nations, and in the context of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol.

Decision of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol to confer privileges and immunities

We have ratified both the Rome Statute and the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities and have adopted the necessary implementing legislation.

The conferring of privileges and immunities could be achieved through the adoption of an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 20.

Privileges and immunities to locally recruited staff of the Centre will be accorded in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Convention on Immunities and Privileges of the United Nations of 1946.

Privileges and immunities are designed to permit activities of the United Nations to take place without national hindrance.

The privileges and immunities in the Headquarters Agreement that encompass the activities of the COP and its subsidiary and constituted bodies are limited to Germany.

It is thus prudent to review those activities to ascertain if the lack of privileges and immunities exposes persons performing mandated functions to unnecessary risks.

Decision of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, supported by unilateral declarations of Parties, to confer privileges and immunities

When the amendment came into force, the Parties would be obligated to ensure that their national law reflected the regime of privileges and immunities adopted by those amendments.

In 1946, the General Assembly adopted the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (the General Convention), which establishes the detailed privileges and immunities needed by the United Nations.

The Headquarters Agreement grants to officials and representatives to the COP the privileges and immunities granted to United Nations officials and representatives of Members to the United Nations under the General Convention.

After entry into force, such privileges and immunities would be only applicable to those Parties for which the agreement has entered into force different regimes would therefore apply.

Recalling that, without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State,

Within the United Nations system, the regime of privileges and immunities extends to cover the work of individuals that are not formal representatives of States or United Nations officials.

The adoption by the COP MOP of a decision on privileges and immunities would not necessarily create an unequivocal international legal obligation on Parties to give effect to the decision in their national law.

As a subject of international law and in accordance with its Constitution, UNIDO enjoys certain privileges and immunities, rights and obligations under international law, which define and regulate its external relations.

His delegation paid tribute to the UNRWA staff, who worked in difficult conditions, and expressed the hope that all the privileges and immunities in force in the region would apply to them.

In the law of the United States, comity may refer to the Privileges and Immunities Clause (sometimes called the Comity Clause ) in Article Four of the United States Constitution.

It outlines options for providing the necessary privileges and immunities to members, alternates and experts of constituted bodies and for putting in place a process whereby third parties may settle disputes against these individuals.

These two paragraphs encapsulate the rational for privileges and immunities within the United Nations the need for the organization and its representatives and officials to be able to undertake mandated tasks without interference.

But there was an immediate problem the existing tax system had reached its limits, and no more revenue could be raised without ending time honored privileges and immunities.

They are the ones who elected you and they are the ones who can remove you from your posts if they realise that your only concerns are getting more incentives and guarantees, etc.

These agreements are based on the model United Nations conference agreement and ensure that the detailed regime of privileges and immunities in the General Convention is applicable to all who attend meetings under the auspices of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol.

The Director General shall enjoy all the privileges and immunities in keeping with his her office as determined by the Constitution of the Organization, Article 21, and any relevant legal instruments already in force or to be concluded in the future.

Under the terms of the framework agreements, they are vested with privileges and immunities consistent with those provided under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 13 February 1946.

The Government has also objected to the status of locally recruited staff of UNMIS, and to the relevant privileges and immunities provided under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 1946, from which the Government now wishes to deviate.

In doing so, my Government has already expressed its readiness to bear the operating costs of the Centre and to accord the appropriate privileges and immunities to the personnel of the Centre, in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 1946.

The Director General shall enjoy all the privileges and immunities in keeping with his her office as determined by the Constitution of the Organization, Article 21, and any relevant legal instruments already in force or to be concluded in the future.

Operationally, UNDP has always leveraged and will continue to leverage the assistance of the Office of Legal Services in resolving issues relating to the exercise of privileges, immunities and facilities as articulated in the principle of most favoured treatment .

Article 105, paragraph 3, of the Charter provides that the General Assembly may make recommendations concerning the details of such privileges and immunities or may propose conventions to Members for this purpose.