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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Marian Nash (Leich)
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On March 29,1995, the following officials of the executive branch of the U.S. Government appeared before the Human Rights Committee at the United Nations to discuss U.S. implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (which had entered into force for the United States on September 8, 1992): John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and Conrad K. Harper, the Department’s Legal Adviser; Assistant Attorneys General Deval L. Patrick, Civil Rights Division, and Jo Ann Harris, Criminal Division; and Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs Ada Deer. The same officials, together with other members of the U.S. delegation, appeared again on March 31, 1995, to reply to questions raised by the Committee.

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 89 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 589 - 600
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1995

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See page no 589 note 1 The United States had submitted its initial report on U.S. implementation of the Covenant to the Committee on July 29, 1994. See UN Docs. HRI/CORE/1/Add.49 (1994) and CCPR/C/81/Add.4 (1994). The complete text of the U.S. report was published separately as Dept. of State Pub. No. 10200, Civil and Political Rights in the United States: Initial Report of the United States of America to the U.N. Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1994).

See page no 589 note 2 General comment on issues relating to reservations made upon ratification or accession to the Covenant or the Optional Protocols thereto, or in relation to declarations under Article 41 of the Covenant, UN Doc. CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.6 (1994).

See page no 592 note 3 USUN Press Release No. 49-(95) (Mar. 29, 1995).

See page no 596 note 1 S. Treaty Doc. No. 2, 104th Cong., 1st Sess., at V-X (1995).

See page no 596 note 1 The Agreement superseded the Air Transport Agreement, Jan. 17, 1966, with exchange of notes, as amended; the Nonscheduled Air Services Agreement, with annexes and exchanges of notes, May 8, 1974; the Agreement Concerning Regional, Local and Commuter Services, effected by exchange of notes, Aug. 21, 1984, as amended; the Agreement on Aviation Security, Nov. 21, 1986; and the Agreement Relating to Air Navigation, effected by exchange of notes, July 28, 1938.

There are five annexes to the Agreement. Annex I, Scheduled Air Transportation, covers passenger/combination route authorities and all-cargo services (with special provisions for the phase-in period described in Annex V); fifth freedom services (prohibited, except on routes as therein specified and with indicated limitations); blind sector (in transit) rights; route flexibility/change of aircraft; and intermodal services. Annex II sets out provisions for slots (including free slots for Canada) at Chicago O’Hare and New York La Guardia Airports, and access (including nonstop air services) to (and from) Washington National Airport. Annex III covers charter air transportation. Annex IV provides for continuation of designations and license authorizations; and Annex V sets out details regarding the transition phase of the Agreement.

See page no 597 note 2 Dept. of State Files L/T.

See page no 600 note 3 Id.