Legal Committee
| Origin |
By
resolution 42.4, adopted at its 7th session, in 1952, the General
Conference decided to convert the Procedure Committee into a Legal
Committee of a more technical nature; it
would advise on any legal question referred to it by the General
Conference or any of its organs.
The
Legal Committee is governed by Rules 36, 37, 38 of the Rules of Procedure of
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| Functions of the Committee |
The
Committee considers proposals for the amendment of the Constitution and of the
present Rules;
agenda items referred to it by the General Conference; appeals submitted
by sponsors of draft resolutions to the General Conference that have been
considered inadmissible by the Director-General under Rule 80; legal questions
submitted to it by the General Conference or any of its organs. The Committee
also considers the initial special reports relating to any international
convention or recommendation transmitted by Member States. The Committee submits
its reports either directly to the General Conference or to the
referring organ or the organ which has been designated by the General
Conference.
(Abstracts
from Rule 37 of the Rules of Procedure
of
the General Conference)
The
Legal Committee may be consulted on any question concerning the interpretation
of the Constitution and of the rules and regulations
(Abstracts
from Rule 38 of the Rules of Procedure
of
the General Conference)
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| Composition |
The
Legal Committee consists of 21 Member States elected at the preceding session.
At its 31st session, the General Conference elected the following
Member States to be members of the Committee from the beginning of the 32nd
session until the beginning of the 33rd session:
Algeria,
Argentina, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic,
Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan,
Lebanon,
Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Syrian Arab Republic, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Venezuela.
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| Bureau |
The
Committee elects its own chairperson.
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| Meetings foreseen during the biennium |
The
Committee established for a session of the General Conference shall meet
whenever necessary before the opening of the next ordinary session of the
Conference if convened by the President of the latter acting on his own
initiative or at the request of the Executive Board.
Rule
36 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference
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Current
membership of the Committee by electoral group
Membership of the Committee since its establishment
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