RESOLUTION (96) 8
APPOINTMENT OF EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN
RIGHTS
CHAMBER FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
AND DESIGNATION OF ITS PRESIDENT
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on
12 March 1996
at the 560th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
The Committee of Ministers, under the
terms of the "Agreement on Human Rights" contained in Annex 6
to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
initialled in Dayton, Ohio, and signed in Paris on 14 December
1995 (hereafter referred to as "the Peace Agreement"),
Considering that pursuant to Article
VII, paragraph 2, of Annex 6 to the Peace Agreement the Committee
of Ministers is called upon to appoint eight members of the Human
Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter referred
to as "the Chamber") and to designate one such member as the President
of the Chamber;
Having regard to Resolution (93) 6 on
the control of respect for human rights in European states not
yet members of the Council of Europe adopted by the Committee
of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 9 March 1993;
Having examined the candidatures submitted
in December 1995 and January 1996;
Having drawn up, following elections
by secret ballot, a list of eight members for the Chamber at the
557th meeting of the Deputies held from 5 to 8 February 1996;
Having consulted the Parties (namely
the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska) on the above-mentioned
list;
Considering that Article VII, paragraph
3, of Annex 6 to the Peace Agreement provides that the members
of the Chamber shall be appointed for a period of five years;
Considering that Article VII, paragraph
2, of Annex 6 to the Peace Agreement provides that the Committee
of Ministers shall designate one of the members it has appointed
as President of the Chamber,
Declares the following candidates appointed
(in alphabetical order): Professor Rona Aybay (Turkey); Professor
Peter Germer (Denmark); Professor Giovanni Grasso (Italy); Mr Jakob Th. Möller
(Iceland); Professor Manfred Nowak (Austria); Judge Michèle
Picard (France); Professor Dietrich Guido Rauschning (Germany);
Professor Adam Zielinski (Poland), as members of the Human Rights
Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with effect from 15 March
1996, for a term of office which will expire no later than 14 March 2001,
and
Designates Professor Peter Germer as
President of the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina,
with effect from 15 March 1996, for a term of office
which will expire no later than 14 March 2001.
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