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PERMANENT MISSION TO ORGANISATION FOR PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
| Contact Details of the Permanent Mission to Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| Address: |
Balistraat 88, 2585 XX 's-Gravenhage, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Telephone: |
(31) 306 39 34 |
| Fax: |
(31) 70 306 28 58 |
| E-mail: |
embassy.netherlands@mfa.gov.lv |
| List of Employees, Titles |
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Ms Sanita Pavļuta-Deslandes, Permanent Representative
Ms Ineta Celmiņa, Deputy Permanent Representative |
| Tasks of the Mission |
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The Ambassador of the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in the Netherlands is an accredited permanent representative to the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The other diplomat of the embassy is a deputy permanent representative to OPCW. The embassy takes part in the meetings of the regional and EU co-ordination working groups of OPCW and follows other events in the work of the organisation.
The embassy represents the interests of Latvia also in co-operation with other legal institutions, in particular, the International Criminal Court, Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague Conference on Private International Law as well as follows the events in the International Court and International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. |
International Legal Institutions in the Hague
All legal institutions of international importance are situated in the Hague, therefore the Hague is often called the legal capital of the world as was first suggested by the former UN Secretary General Mr. Boutros Boutros-Gali.
The most important UN legal institutions situated in the Hague are as follows: - the International Court of Justice started to work in 1946. The court settles the legal disputes submitted to it by states in accordance with international law and gives advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized international organisations and agencies.
- the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was established in 1993 by resolution of the UN Security Council. The tribunal hears the cases of war crimes committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.
- the International Criminal Court was established in accordance with the Statute of Rome that took effect in 2002. The court hears the cases of individuals who have committed crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes.
- the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons started to work in 1997. The countries that joined the Chemical Weapons Convention established the organisation to make sure that the Convention worked efficiently.
Other legal institutions situated in the Hague: - Permanent Court of Arbitration passes arbitration decisions on the disputes between the states. PCA was established in 1899. It is an independent inter-state organisation comprising 104 member states.
- the Hague Conference on Private International Law is an inter-state organisation that became an independent organisation in 1955. Its purpose is to harmonise the private international jurisdiction by means of multilateral international conventions.
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