Translation of "Congrès international de droit pénal " (French → English) :

Underscores the need to strengthen the international criminal justice system and in this respect recognises the establishment of the Justice Rapid Response mechanism in November 2007 as a new international cooperative mechanism for the provision of expertise and assistance where the identification, collection and preservation of information would assist in a wide range of international and transitional justice options; urges the ICC to intensify its outreach efforts with a view to engaging communities in situations under investigation in a process of constructive interaction with the ICC, designed to promote understanding and support fo ...[+++]r its mandate, to manage expectations and to enable those communities to follow and understand the international criminal justice process; highlights the role that can be played by non-judicial mechanisms in addressing violations of human rights and international criminal law, provided that such efforts respect due process and are not a sham;

13. Consistency. The criminal-law measures adopted at sectoral level on a Community basis must respect the overall consistency of the Union’s system of criminal law, whether adopted on the basis of the first or the third pillar, to ensure that criminal provisions do not become fragmented and ill-matched. If a sector seems to require specific rules in order to implement the objectives of the EC Treaty, the relationship between these specific rules and the horizontal rules should if necessary be clarified. Care must also be taken to ensure that the Member States or the persons concerned are not required to comply with conflicting obligations. When using its right of initiative, the Commission will take the utmost care to ensure that this cons ...[+++]istency is preserved. Parliament and the Council must also take account of this requirement in their own internal organisation.

According to the internal logic of criminal law, the only eligible distinction would precede the decision to incorporate a behaviour into the law or not. If the behaviour at issue is one that goes against the common good, it is a crime.

That he will call the attention of the Senate to his participation at the XVth International Congress of Comparative Law, held during the last week of July 1998, in Bristol, England, a participation related to the subject of constitutionalism in Canada.

Beaudoin: Honourable senators, I give notice that on Thursday next, September 24, 1998, I will draw the attention of the Senate to my participation at the XVth International Congress of Comparative Law, held during the last week of July 1998 in Bristol, England.

INQUIRIES The Honourable Senator Beaudoin called the attention of the Senate to his participation at the XVth International Congress of Comparative Law, held during the last week of July 1998, in Bristol, England, a participation related to the subject of constitutionalism in Canada.