China has serious reservations about abolishing the Military Staff Committee.

The most serious concern is that the President reserves the right to abolish these posts and resume the legislative function.

Consultations held in 1990 had revealed serious reservations about its provisions and resistance to its ratification.

Or should we respect his privacy, protect his dignity and leave him alone?

In that regard his delegation had serious reservations about some aspects of the programme narrative, especially the downplaying of the right to development.

Five States had reservations and one had serious doubts about the matter.

To assess the compatibility of a reservation with the object and purpose of a general treaty for the protection of human rights, account should be taken of the indivisibility of the rights set out therein, the importance that the right which is the subject of the reservation has within the general architecture of the treaty, and the seriousness of the impact the reservation has upon it.

Further, there was a serious deterioration in staff morale, which adversely affected the capacity of UNCDF to attract and retain high quality personnel.

The Committee reiterates its regret that Italy has still not withdrawn any of its reservations to the Covenant it recommends that all the reservations should be reconsidered with the objective of determining whether their continuance is really necessary.

The issue of the effects of a reservation that was incompatible with the object and purpose of the treaty raised serious concerns.

An objection to an incompatible reservation was, however, important insofar as it might sometimes indicate the objecting party's position on the validity of the reservation itself.

In the view of the Government of Finland, the unlimited and undefined character of the said reservation leaves open to what extent the reserving State commits itself to the Convention and therefore creates serious doubts about the commitment of the reserving State to fulfil its obligations under the Convention.

This repetition of perception is sometimes called palinopsia.

57. The question of reservations assumed critical importance in the case of human rights treaties.

Severe overcrowding, consequent poor sanitation, lack of sufficient food and health care, which have sometimes resulted in the death of detainees, were widely observed.

Insuring the Worst

Accordingly, the report had begun in medias res, with the section on validity of reservations.

(b) The need to provide for a limited period of detention, if not already provided by legislation, and the necessity of applying the restrictive period, where provided for, strictly, to ensure that the detention is not prolonged unreasonably

Seventy per cent of the detainees had been released after verification of their identities, while those suspected of having committed serious crimes had been sent to remand centres in Stavropol and Pyatigorsk.

Under the terms of the Act, juveniles may be detained only in cases involving serious felonies.

The delegations on whose behalf he was speaking had serious reservations about, in particular, paragraphs 16 and 16 bis, and would vote against the draft resolution.

retaining for its own account excessive insurance exposures which is regarded as having committed a serious breach or

266. The Committee expresses serious concern at the continuing existence of a reservation to article 11, subparagraph 2 (b), on paid maternity leave.

7. The Working Group deems, as does the source itself, that even though many of the detainees may indeed have been responsible for serious human rights violations or may have personally committed serious crimes, their prolonged detention without trial is not justified.

84. His delegation also had serious reservations with respect to article 27.

The most serious violations occurred during the period of pre trial detention.

88. His delegation had grave reservations about the concept of inherent jurisdiction of the court, which was inconsistent with the principle of State sovereignty, the complementarity principle, and considerations of reality and pragmatism.

This circular contains very important guarantees for the protection of the basic rights of detainees.

It also urged the States that had formulated reserves to review and withdraw them.

The serious nature of the crime of genocide requires that we ensure that there is no impunity.

A number of participants mentioned serious cases of racial discrimination masquerading as freedom of expression and requested those States parties to the Convention which had entered reservations to article 5 to withdraw them.

It was also suggested to redraft the text as a positive restatement of the right to self determination, instead of as a saving clause.

Calls upon all States to ensure that no reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention and encourages States parties to consider limiting the extent of any reservations they lodge to the Convention, to formulate any reservations as precisely and narrowly as possible and to review regularly any reservations made in respect of the provisions of the Convention, with a view to withdrawing them

18. Called upon all States to ensure that no reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention and encourages States parties to consider limiting the extent of any reservations they lodge to the Convention, to formulate any reservations as precisely and narrowly as possible and to review regularly any reservations made in respect of the provisions of the Convention, with a view to withdrawing them

However, we have to express some serious concerns and reservations.

Specific human rights issues 43. The right to development is discussed in detail in the other reports before the General Assembly mentioned above.

Other human rights treaties are relevant in the context of reservations.

How serious is it?

Most importantly, the accumulation of such objections might induce the reserving State to withdraw the reservation.

Fear of retaliation by the detaining authorities is an aggravating factor.

These reservations pose an acute problem for the implementation of the Convention and for the Committee s ability to monitor compliance with it.

It is estimated that 40 per cent of members of the security forces have a serious mental disability.

Keep the existing file

The Council condemns unreservedly the serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law committed in Darfur.

Gravely concerned that the legal system is effectively used as an instrument of oppression, inter alia, through the intimidation and detention of lawyers,