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  CIL and the ASEAN Secretariat (“ASEC”), with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (“GIZ”) GmbH, held a workshop on “Treaty Management in International Organizations: Lessons Learnt and ASEAN Practice” on 2 December 2016 in Jakarta at the ASEC premises.
Venue
Jakarta, ASEAN Secretariat
Start
2 December 2016 (Friday)
End
2 December 2016 (Friday)

Workshop on Treaty Management in International Organisation (2016)

Workshop Report and Executive Summary

CIL and the ASEAN Secretariat (“ASEC”), with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (“GIZ”) GmbH, held a workshop on “Treaty Management in International Organizations: Lessons Learnt and ASEAN Practice” on 2 December 2016 in Jakarta at the ASEC premises. The workshop is a continuation of CIL’s 2012 “International Workshop on Treaty Law and Practice” and forms a part of CIL’s Treaty Law and Practice Project. The Workshop focused on the treaty management practices of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”), especially the newly established treaty office of the ASEC. It provided a rare opportunity for an open discussion on ASEAN treaty management between officers of the ASEC and ASEAN member states. The workshop offered perspectives on the treaty management practices of ASEAN, the Council of Europe and the International Atomic Energy Agency and discussed domestic treaty management practices of the United Kingdom, Singapore and Thailand. The Workshop’s output includes a set of recommendations designed to improve treaty practices in the region.

The Workshop report provides a summary of the proceedings and discussions at the Workshop and an overview of a larger project on best treaty practice of which the Workshop comprised a key element.

An Executive Summary of the report is available here.

The full report (83 pages) is available here.

Presentations

Session 1 – The Role of a Treaty Office in Managing Instruments or Treaties

  1. An Overview of the Role of the Secretariat in Managing International Treaties — Ms Jill Barrett
  2. The Role of the Council of Europe (CoE) Treaty Office in Managing International Treaties and CoE Instruments — Ms Ana Gómez Heredero
  3. The Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Treaty Office in Managing IAEA Instruments — Mr Anthony Wetherall
  4. The Role of the ASEAN Treaty Division in Managing International Treaties and ASEAN Legal Instruments — Mr Un Sovannasam

Session 2 – Treaty Practice related to Agreements Concluded by an International Organisations: International Organisations’ and Member States’ Internal Procedures

  1. Overview of treaty practice related to agreements concluded by international organisations and the Internal procedures of the UK on conclusion of international agreements by an international organisation of which it is a member — Ms Jill Barrett
  2. Internal procedure on the conclusion of international agreements by the Council of Europe — Ms Ana Gomez Heredero
  3. Internal procedure on the conclusion of International Agreements by the IAEA — Mr Anthony Wetherall

Session 3 – Treaty Practice related to Agreements concluded by ASEAN:

ASEAN and Member States’ Internal Procedures

  1. Past and present ASEAN practice in concluding international agreements — Ms Ranyta Yusran
  2. Rules of Procedure for Conclusion of International Agreements by ASEAN — Mr Un Sovannasam
  3. Internal Procedure of Singapore on conclusion of an agreement by ASEAN — Ms Rena Lee
  4. Internal Procedure of Thailand on conclusion of an agreement by ASEAN — Dr Tull Traisorat