Examples of using PIKIS in English and their translations into Spanish
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Mr. Georghios M. PIKIS Cyprus.
Mrs. ILIOPOULOS-STRANGAS said that she agreed with Mr. Camara and Mr. Pikis.
Mr. PIKIS said that the reply he had received regarding the legal basis of the decision in the Hamdan case had been incorrect.
The working group was composed of Ms. Iliopoulos-Strangas,Mr. Pikis and Mr. Zupancic.
Mr. PIKIS(Country Rapporteur) read out the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on the second periodic report of the Russian Federation.
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The Appeals Division is composed of: P. Kirsch, E. Kourula,G. Pikis, N. Pillay and S. Song.
At the request of Mr. PIKIS and Mr. SØRENSEN, Mr. BRUNI(Secretary of the Committee) read out the letter from the Permanent Representative of Israel.
He therefore hesitated to adopt the sort of automatic rotation system proposed by Mr. Pikis.
He assured Mr. Pikis that further information both on the case of Mr. Wissum and on the wider implications of the issue would be provided in due course.
René Blattmann(Bolivia); Claude Jorda(France); Philippe Kirsch(Canada);Georghios M. Pikis(Cyprus); Navanethem Pillay(South Africa); and Mauro Politi Italy.
Mr. PIKIS suggested that the question of the number of reports to be considered at a particular session should be left to the Chairman's discretion.
Appeals Division: Georghios Pikis(Cyprus), President of the Division; Philippe Kirsch(Canada); Navanethem Pillay(South Africa); Sang-Hyun Song(Republic of Korea); and Erkki Kourula(Finland);
Mr. PIKIS said that the Committee could not assume jurisdiction to monitor a State party's compliance with the Convention outside the context of its reports.
Furthermore, as pointed out by Mr. Pikis, the inspection of police stations was an essential means of prevention, and it was important to know what methods of inspection were employed in Ukraine.
Mr. PIKIS said that the Committee was composed of 10 experts who had been appointed precisely because of their expertise; there was one Convention to apply and all experts were equal.
Mr. PIKIS said that the Committee should inform the Government of Israel that the delay was unjustified and set a new submission date that was well in advance of the next session.
Mr. PIKIS(Alternate Country Rapporteur) agreed with Mr. Burns that the acknowledgement of failure to implement certain provisions of the Convention was a step in the right direction.
He invited Mr. Pikis and Mr. Burns to draft a fairly stern letter requesting submission of a report in time for the next session, at which the Committee would accord priority to its consideration.
Mr. PIKIS(Country Rapporteur) noted that the Constitution of the Russian Federation provided comprehensive safeguards for human rights, which were inalienable and directly applicable in judicial proceedings.
Mr. PIKIS wished to know what measures had been taken in Senegal to ensure the independence of the judiciary, particularly if judges were appointed for life, by whom they were so appointed and what powers they exercised.
Mr. PIKIS said that the press release should emphasize that the submission of reports was compulsory and that, without a report, it was impossible for the Committee to monitor the application of the Convention in the country in question.
Mr. PIKIS pointed out that the Committee had not denounced the lack of a definition of torture in Russian law but the fact that acts of torture were not offences under Russian criminal law, as required by article 4 of the Convention.
Mr. PIKIS asked whether a separate code of discipline was applied in the armed forces. What were the prevailing conditions of detention and had there been any complaints of cruel or degrading treatment of conscripts by their military supervisors?
Mr. PIKIS considered that while the obligation under article 19 to submit an initial report was absolute, the requirement regarding supplementary reports seemed less binding since it referred to information on“any new measures taken”.
Mr. PIKIS, referring to the implementation of article 2 of the Convention, asked whether there were specific provisions in the Civil Code relating to the offence of torture, since any instance of torture was considered as an act for which criminal or civil proceedings could be instituted.
Mr. PIKIS explained that the Supreme Court's judgement had caused consternation within the Committee because, besides indicating that the Committee's earlier recommendations had been ignored, it gave legal backing to interrogation practices which the Committee had denounced.
Mr. PIKIS(Country Rapporteur) said that the rights essential for the protection of human dignity must be comprehensively defined, incorporated in the law and institutionally protected by the establishment of appropriate machinery for the ventilation and punishment of every abuse.
Mr. PIKIS asked whether he understood correctly from paragraphs 41 and 42 of the core document(HRI/CORE/1/Add.74) that international treaties must be self-executing in the sense that they must establish detailed rules if they were to be invoked in the resolution of disputes before the courts.
Mr. PIKIS(Alternate Rapporteur for Ukraine), confining his comments to the implementation of articles 11 to 16 of the Convention, said that the Committee would like further information about the constitutional framework for the protection of human rights and, in particular, the rights safeguarded by the Convention.
Mr. PIKIS, referring to the case of Mr. Wissum reported on the Cable News Network, asked on what grounds financial compensation had been paid. Had the Danish authorities acknowledged that the damage to his health had resulted from solitary confinement? Were there any other cases of compensation for?
