2015 GENERAL·ASSEMBLY
AND·ELECTIONS
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ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE · GENERAL ASSEMBLY · ASAMBLEA GENERAL et · and · y
ÉLÉCTIONS · ELECTIONS · ELECCIONES
Vendredi 30 + Samedi 31 Janvier.Friday 30th + Saturday 31th.Viernes 30 + Sábado 31 de Enero · B A R C E L O N A 2 0 1 5 ·
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Welcome, we're going to start this act in presence of the Vice-president of the
"Comisaria de Justicia de la Generalitat de Catalunya" and also the headmaster of this center.
I’ll introduce Javier then Ms. Feliu will speak.
Javier Hernandez: I'm the headmaster of the "Centre d’Estudis Juridics", here we have the honor of forming a big part of the entire legal personnel in Catalonia. It’s a pleasure for me to cooperate with the ICB and it’s an honor for us that you celebrate your General Assembly in here.
Maria Jose Feliu: Hello everyone, we welcome you to Barcelona.
It’s an honor for the Generalitat that ICB hold its meeting at a center like this.
I reach out from Catalonia to collaborate with ICB in everything possible.
President of the Catalan advocacy. There are 14 law schools with enormous quantity of members.
Last year, the board of the Catalan advocacy signed an agreement with the ICB to defend the fundamental rights of all persons without freedom.
Thanks for your support. Being a lawyer is defending people, and the ICB has done a tremendous work in defense of people and human rights.
Thank you, I hope that you still keep a fruitful meeting.
Mr. del Castillo: I thank you to join us at this event.
In Spain we are going backwards in the the legal sense since 1975 and we have returned to have laws that we didn’t have since the dictatorship.
Being an association like ours allows us to criticize this situation.
Mr. del Castillo: Thank you for accompanying us today in this act, we are an independent group of lawyers who defended the human rights in front of the ICC.
We've been working in the ICB for 12 years, with some differences but always talking with the ICC. Today where with the Registrar and even thought we’re not demanding anything to the court, we were the first ones to create an independent Bar association.
Today we're going to talk about the "ReVision Project".
Being part of the ICB means that there is a group of people inside of the legal business with inquisitiveness about the Court. Being part of the ICB does not give us any labor or economic reward.
Registrar: Thank you Mr. President, I am delighted to be in Barcelona, it's not my first time here, I love it here.
I’m from Holland, I’ll speak frankly about ReVision Project dealing between the defense and the court in order to improve the relationship between both parties.
Your opinion is very important to me. I need you and you need me to improve.
We will concentrate on major issues; on the future relation between the Court and the defense, to know what is needed to have a good relationship.
What I am proposing today is to become simpler, more effective and thereby strengthen the position of the defense and the victims against the Court.
My proposal is to create a relationship between the two classes and that there is a single association of defense. I appreciate the effort you have done to create the BPI-ICB.
My second proposal is to improve the database of the ICC and combine it with the association.
Not having this database, we produce a large lag.
I wonder if an independent establishment of the Court is really necessary. It’s a very important element to consider, to know whether it must be in some substitutionary if at some point the Court.
I do not say that I like or that I don’t like it. But keep in mind that to be
independent, you must have some contact with the Court.
In the Rome Statute, never and independent organization has been recognized by the Court.
If we get a fully independent association we would have to correct the Rome Statute, and obviously it’s not the time to do a reform. Nor you shouldn’t discuss this topic.
In essence, there is a problem of trust. We haven’t done a good job in this regard. I think that I have a great responsibility to build this relationship. For that reason I am also in Barcelona, to show them my involvement.
Mr. del Castillo: To organize the debate, first will speak those of us at the table and then the rest of the people.
Mr. Gallant: To create an independent structure of the ICB we need to be visible in front of the Registrar’s secretary office. As Mr. Currat and Mr. Levy said, it’s important to have an association in which we take care of the victim and the defense in front of the ICC.
For me, it’s very important that the Registrar’s transmits the independence concept of the BPI-ICB, of the victims and the lawyers.
From my point of view, I agree with this independence concept of the court but it’s more important to be recognized by them.
Ms. Bar Haim: I thank the Registrar’s presence here in Barcelona. His presence is very important for us today.
Mr. del Castillo: Please, present yourself before talking.
Mr. Yasushi: I'm Yasushi and I represent the Bar of Japan japans bar. The ICB’s not only formed by individual members, the national bars and international bars are also part of it, although sometimes they don’t feel represented. Why the Japanese Bar doesn’t get involved in the ICB activities? Because we believe that lawyers have the common objective of protecting human beings and this doesn’t happens same with the associations.
My organization wants to have more participation. I also think the questions proposed by the Registrar are very important for my association to discuss about the way we have to take together.
Mr. Walleyn: After listening to the Registrar, I also think that it’s a good idea to reorganize the structure and the different sections. We use to think that the independence of the association was not necessary, I think that the independence of the council is important in order to help our members, the bar of Lebanon is an example because it doesn’t have much experience and needs our help. We need to help other independent lawyers or the African associations
so they have more power.
Mr. Vanderveeren: Thanks to the Registrar for his intervention. It thinks all the opinions are important for understanding the theology and the ethics. If the rules exist there are here to be followed.
An association with a directly treat with the ICC is very necessary and I hope it’s taken to account in today’s project.
Mr. Chedid: I have the honor to represent my Bar, the Bar of Beirut, Lebanon is one of the oldest civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea. All my colleagues Mr.
Currat, Mr. Levy, Mr. Gallant and my friend Mr. Pascal said what I wanted to said. As my mate Mr. del Castillo said before, we have made a great work by founding and keeping the ICB with the mission of giving support to the lawyers in front of the Court.
Mr. Maiga: I'm Abu Maiga from the Bar of Mali, as Mr. Chedid said all of my colleges said what I wanted to say, but I’m going to make a little contribution, for the African countries where international criminal justice seems to be very far. If the court worked for all the countries in the same manner, it would win credibility.
Mr. Diop: I’m Cheick Diop from Cote d'Ivoire and I also represent Avocats Sans Frontières in Africa. I want to make an appointment and a question to the Registrar. The appointment is that I feel I can criticize the little independence of the lawyers as individuals in front of the court. The statutes are what they are, and I ask myself what can the Registrar do to solve this problem.
Mr. von Hebel: I’ve taken note of all you've said and asked. And after all that was said I want to emphasize that for the court it’s very important to show credibility. All of you can be sure that the court also wants an independent association who takes care of the defenders and the victims. I'm optimistic and I think that in one year we will be able to recognize an independence association.
There are three basic points to achieve it:
I. With the Registrar’s help.
II. The resources we have in the Organization.
III. With the support of the individual representatives.
I leave this three options open to discuss. I’m very happy of being in this meeting and I’m going to work hard to bring everything that’s been discussed to the court, and like this, improve the relations between the association and the ICC, I accept my responsibility as a member of the court.
Ms. Goffin: I’m a member of the Bar of Brussels. I want to make an appointment in one of the three points to reach the independence of the ICB. I think we have
to solve the little communication with the court. And you sir can help us reach the objective.
Mr. Burgos: I thank Luis and the secretary team for their excellent work. I'm Alvaro Burgos and I'm from the Costa Rica’s Bar. I appreciate the Registrar’s sincerity about the issues we treated today. You said in one year this could be solved but I think it should have been solved by now.
Ms. Galleazzi: I'm Elisabetta Gallezzi, member of the ExCo and I want to express that we have the responsibility of achieving as fast as possible the change on the organs and statutes so that the Court recognizes our independent association.
Mr. Currat: Let’s do a coffee and we'll come back in a few minutes.
Mr. Fedida: I want to congratulate Mr. del Castillo in name of Mr. BÂtonnier for his work and sacrifice. The Bar of Paris wants to contribute on the expansion of the ICB with its experience. We consider that this organization needs to have a jurisdictional guarantee.
Mr. Jacques: I talk in name of the bar of Liège, we need to create an independent Bar with its own ideology.
Mr. Kempf: I represent the German Association of Lawyers. I celebrate that it’s the first time we receive the Registrar since the ICB was created. We have to recognize what work must been done and complete it. Demand the independence and the support for the lawyers. [about the theology and the discipline] we have to create a regulator organ inside the ICB.
Mr. von Hebel: The Court hasn’t done a good job with the defense nor the victims. The Court has to win credibility against victims.
I suggest having representatives of the States Parties and countries that maintain relationships with the ICC, and like this achieve an independent but safe relationship.
I want to get that feedback to meet our needs to gain the trust of victims and transfer them to the ICC.
I am in favor of creating an association of independent law but always with the collaboration of the Registrar and then we could see the responsibility of each part.
The fact of collaborating with the Registrar in being independent is not contradictory. The point is that the association should be consistent and disciplined with the Court.
Mr. Petrov: I am pleased to be responsible for the ReVision Project. I want to make some notes. We discussed this issue because we have analyzed the activities of the Registrar and his duties, the conclusion is that there is no
defense Court, but the Court doesn’t exist without the defense. Turning back to resolve certain issues, we have detected many overlaps between their roles and those of the independent association. There is a long way to achieve the suitable relationship between the Court and an association of independent lawyers. The Registrar and the association of lawyers should work together towards a common voice against the ICC.
It is very complicated that the ICC recognizes a fully independent association, which must always be directly related to the Court, by the Registrar or in other ways.
Maybe not everything is clear in the project, so consider this meeting as beneficial. In the future, we will meet with more associations to know their point of view.
Mr. del Castillo: Mr. Registrar, I want you to know that we represent much more than other lawyers I think it’s important that what you say’s not only for us but for all our members. We noticed some hostility from the Court to the BPI-ICB. it shouldn’t be like that because we work to improve the legal profession.
Ms. Bar Haim: We are many lawyers and we don’t feel helped by the ICC.
Mr. Currat: Since the ICB was created we haven’t had any money and in addition, it doesn’t give us any economic reward. We have lots of initiatives so that the Registrar can include them in the ReVision Project. In all the association we want someone who works for the profession and the Registrar.
Mr. Levy: Our objective is the same, the problem is how to succeed and find people who would want to work with us.
Mr. del Castillo: When the ICB was created in 2002 in Canada, my friend Ms.
Elise Grouxl and the Dean of the Bar of Paris, Mr. Paul Albert Iweins had the idea of creating a group without limits, that means, who wanted to join was free to do it. When I talked about the Member States I think they could do more to achieve an independent association.
Mr. Currat: I want thank the visit and the dedication of the Registrar and Mr.
Martin Petrov for the ReVision Project and we hope you have taken note of everything. Thanks for your attention and participation.
Ms. Galeazzi: Please speak slowly because the translators need time and I don’t fully understand English or French.
I want to inform you, that in the meeting we had yesterday with the ExCo members, we discussed a lot about what we had to comment today with the Registrar and we found the specific points in the documents of David Levy, questions and important answers for today.
Mr. Currat: There are some obvious points; the Registrar has stated his intention to create an independent association and he shows it through the ReVision Project, which specifically calls for the creation of an independent organization. This weekend the General Assembly will take place, with the election of a new ExCo, who will decide the organs and structures, and at that moment is that propose to Registrar cooperation to create an organization that is able to defend victims, the defense, the court of jurisdiction, etc. before the Court.
Mr. Pascal: I don’t agree with some of the interpretations that may arise from the text drafted by Mr. Levy, I think we should adapt and correct it so that no doubts arise in our view.
Mr. Levy: We have to create an independent bar association from the Court, including the legal representatives of victims and the lawyers. That was our intention when the ICB was established in 2002.
Following the suggestion of Pascal, modification of the initial text, to adapt and get a proper interpretation of the "ReVision" Project.
Mr. Pascal: I thank you that you for noting my suggestion. The important fact is the word "create" our objective justifies our existence. We already exist. It's just my opinion.
Mr. Currat: The proposal made by Mr. Pascal seems right to me, and apparently, it seems good to everyone, so it has been a great contribution.
Ms. Pinto: My suggestion is that there should be the setting up of the creation of an independent association of Council and secondly that it’s mandatory for every Council to be a member.
Mr. Currat: Actually, the problem of the composition of the association raises the question of whether everyone who is on the list of the Council has to be part of the association or not.
All lawyers listed in the Council must be active members of the association, without exception.
Mr. Fedida: An association like ours needs the respect and recognition of the theology, and we need to move forward step by step. The ICB represents also
many other associations and a member of the ICB isn’t inconsistent with the Rome Statute.
Mr. Currat: The question is whether the idea of creating this new partnership is to replace the ICB or as an organization that can coexist with the ICB when defending the interests of the defense before the Court.
Mr. Jacques: I think that we should not anticipate events. The project we have on the table made by the Registrar and Mr. Petrov, agrees that lawyers and associations that are part of this ‘‘association’’ depend on the ICC. I think the ICB should work to become known and avoid the creation of a new association with the same purpose as ours.
The ReVision Project, basically consists in uniting these possible associations, so that their relationship is simpler with the Court.
Mr. Currat: The ExCo that tomorrow will be elected, will have to prepare a different project, and review the ReVision Project and discuss with the Registrar the creation of a new association, defending and arguing that since the IBC was founded (and so far the focus has always been to defend our interests and to ensure the rights of our profession before the Court.
Ms. Galeazzi: We have to try to focus attention on the point that makes the Registrar, it’s very important to know what exactly the Registrar is proposing.
Mr. Yasushi: At the meeting we had last night with members of the Council we arrived to a conclusion, a very simple conclusion and now it seems that we disagree with it. The most important and nonnegotiable point is that our association, the ICB should be independent to protect the interests of the defense and the victims.
Ms. Galeazzi: I suggest we go step by step, understanding it’s only a proposal, which is not final, we’ll have time to study it. Perhaps it’s best to have a global vision of the situation.
Mr. Levy: Indeed, last night we specified several solutions, the ReVision Project, answered several questions and we, the Council responded to these questions with three key points.
We discussed the first draft and the final text, and I think it’s not the time to discuss this question tomorrow, When the elections are made and we’ll have a new CoEx, it will be time to evaluate what are the decisions to be taken, and we’ll decide them.
Mr. Wallien: I have to say that I do not agree in this point, in my opinion, this decision must take all BPI-ICB members, and representatives of associations.
We have to decide what will be our position on the Court as soon as possible and with the maximum consensus.
Mr. Pascal: I agree, don’t forget that we represent many lawyers. Keep in mind theology, discipline, and the commitment of being a free association that helps its members.
Mr. Gallant: I'd like to go back to Mr. Walleyn point, he referred to the proposal of the Registrar on behalf of the victims. I think the ICB, in this case has always been positioned in favor of victims, and in this sense we can be calm. I worry more about our position, that is, we must protect the defense of our interests, and find a way that lawyers can walk safely in front the Court.
Amanda Pinto: the answer is yes but not on my feet. It’s mandatory for every list council to be a member of our association or bar.
To answer Amanda, Mr. Jean Pierre Jacques says the utilisation of the term
“Bar” would be more judicious.
Ph. Currat, even if we were in a first state of debate in discussing that the term
“Bar” would seem not so great before States Parties and the Registrar but if this Assembly has consensus as it seems, using the term Bar is the most appropriate let’s use that.
Like this, the idea we evoked that if we reached further this Bar would be divided in two sections: one for the defence and one for the legal representatives so that each can work on the specificity that belongs to each, sharing everything and being in the same association to share the fundamental principles.
Jeff Green agrees with Amanda in one sense, which is that if there is an association along the lines that is being discussed by us and by the Registrar, it is axiomatic the persons appearing before the court would be members of it.
Therefore there’s no need to specify in a way that might irritate people who are not on the same train as us at the moment.
Reading of the two pages representing the end of the discussions that is held by David Lévy:
Read with the following instructions: David stops at the end of each point, and unless expressly stated, he will continue reading and the sentence will be considered as adopted. He will only read the substantial and essential paragraphs that represent a position statement and he will avoid reading about indisputable principles.
The finality of this resolution is to be addressed to the Registrar and to serve us, the ICB and the presidents elected in this election to, on this basis go discus with the international lawyer associations, NGO’s and the States Parties to tell them, this is what the Bar Association wants, this is what the lawyer profession
wants as a Bar to the International Criminal Court within the framework of the ReVision Project of the Registar and its consequences.
Jean Pierre Jacques is wondering if tactically it isn’t imprudent to present a finalized resolution that hasn’t been already discussed with the other intervenient. And if it’s not better to make this as a proposition where we join simultaneously big Bar Associations as kina of a coalition “HADHOCK” that is presented to the Registrar
Philippe agrees, and ads that the resolution adopted by the assembly of the ICB, gives mandatory to the ExCo to prepare a Project that agrees with the principles enounced in this resolution (general principles in which everyone will agree) and Co ex will encounter all stakeholders in order to concretely establish all the elements that have to be in the Statutes of the ICB and all be in a consensus to go before the Registrar and states parties with a common position of this profession and not only BPI one.
Project made by all.
Reading of the resolution of the creation of a new Bar Association accepted to represent befote the Internacional Criminal Court.
(ATTACH DOCUMENT??)
Some commentaries made about the Revision Project:
Philippe says to prepare Project of the BPI in the ExCo validated by the council and use it as a base Project to share with other bars, as a work Project. (with proffesional associations, NGOS and lawyers)
Pascal: it’s not very diplomatic, who will be charged to write this document?, and there are only two persons in the room who knows how the Court Works and its maybe a shame if we lose their assistance.
Philippe agrees and Elisabetta says to give a mandate to the ExCo in order to create a working group that can collect people who comes from other experiences in the ICB or also outside.
Philippe says that it’s a good idea but thinks that it would be hard to get a result creating a working group with as little time as there is.
The need is to prepare Statutes with all collaborations here.
It would be useful to give the ExCo the mandatory to prepare a draft of Statutes for discussion.
Emmanuel, let’s call it a project of statute/s in collaboration with the councils of the list
Comments about the punctuation, details in language, etc in the document With divided opinions regarding this matter because of the different nature of profession of all the assembly assistants.
Obligatory participation of all lawyers called to defense or before the court Cheick Diop: about the defense, there must be a free choice for client.
Quality of lawyers, Free choice of them, and respect of the ideological principles.
Project of proposition to other lawyers in bar associations so that they can give their opinion.
Philippe: The resolution is finally adopted by consensus.
Luis stops the program of the day.
Julie goffin explains that she was at the meeting, an iniciative by François Roux where all the Defense Councils Offices that was held at the International Court of Justice where she encounter the Registrar and his position was completely different, the discussion about the new organ and the discussion of the creation of an independent bar, where there was a certain number of lawyers before the court and where it was told that it was going to be extremely hard to be understood between everybody and that the urgency was in working about the new organ. This position is the opposite to the one expressed today. Lets keep being attentive in what’s going to be done on the other side knowing that we are going to have a lot of difficulties to do this (project) and that the Registrar knows that.
Philipe says that this is known, and adds that the important point is that we do not only represent individual members but also Bar Associations which gives the ICB a larger representativeness. We have to be placed above the personal interests of Councils to work for the general interests of the profession before the court to propose a solution in the future.
Ken: what were the objections and what do you think might overcome the objections?
The council did not go with a bar or with an association.
Julie: it would be extremely difficult for all lawyers and getting along together to work
The registrar is continuing the reforms in his way.
We have to keep an eye on what he’s doing independently to the creation of a new association.
We have to bring more members that want to participate. And present at the Assembly of States Parties. Bar Haim proposes a working/study group with the Registrar (he has his own group in which we aren’t included) she agrees with Julie, says she wasn’t aware of all the information because she hadn’t been in the ExCo the precedent year but insists on having a foot in the Registrar’s issue, and proposes a motion in which a mandatory to create a study group is given, like this everyone will be on the same track.
Philippe says there is hurry in presenting a valid project to present before the Registrar and like this being in a working group with him.
Bar Haim, we have to decide if we want to be in a group of work
Philippe, we cannot begin this because it would be impossible to be in this kind of work that needs to be treated in several months, now, we have until the end of March and we have to give something finished to be included in the Registrar agenda and begin to work with him (because we need him) in the Assembly of States Parties of the end of July.
Ken talks about funding and having the interests in the structure of the association and council for victims.
Structural questions regarding the calendar.
When an entity is created and is targeted as independent, do you have guaranties with the independence?
Philippe, it’s the reason because it is called the recognitions before the assembly of States Parties exemplified in the procedure of Kenya (president and vice- president accused in within the Assembly of states parties all representatives arrived) (juridical procedures withe the process of the president) in which Kenia violated all rules…..
Not only being a private unofficial association but recognized by the assembly as independent.
Conclusion of the meeting of 30th January and invitation at Castillo’s-Vericat house to a cocktail. Luis: we don’t have an easy road before us and there is certain reluctance by the Registrar’s part and this is going to provoke wastage for us so let’s be all prepared to that. We affront a much more encouraging future but we have a lot of steps to overcome.
Thank you.
Elecctions day
Opening by Luis del Castillo: It takes a lot of love with international criminal law to come from japan, costa rica etc. It is a great effort (to travel from such countries and spend significant sums of money to come), thank you for your presence.
Economic report by the Treasurer Joan Rodriguez Parera with a dossier given to all assistants.
1. Profit and loss 2. Economic balance 3. 2015 budget
4. Analysis of the items in the income statement 5. Results
6. Comparative budget (approved two years ago) 7. Budget deviation control
BALANCE SHEET PROFIT AND LOSS.
Balance sheet of profit and loss
The goods of the ICB are of 1000€, net value
Remarks: Current assets, current assets maximum durability year:
€ 89,461 corresponding to accounts receivable or provisioned or moved to lost partners. Not only this year but precedent ones.
Banks: current account, and other liquid effective € 2,060.18 All this due to unpaid fees: The total asset is of 92,450€
The obligations of the association towards third and capital available to our association: Own resources 75,635€ amount of equity, Capital / heritage result 2014: 393.43€, influenced by income. No questions were asked.
First page.
Composition of results account:
Balancing the correlation between the 2014
81.934€ - billing, individual and collective members
<individual members with the signing out . 27.051€
Here is the actual problem
<colectios 54.875€
This has been the only income in this year, that have been billed but not collected.
Without subventions or contributions or shareholders.
Liquidity injections to deal with the settlements.
Expenses
In function of the income it is aimed to adecuate the costs to the income.
Secretary costs B¡budgeted in a different way. Activities that have a cost.
The costs have been deviated.
The members of the secretary, translation, office, communications, website, general maintenance (of the office), professional services
We have spent much less than expected because we have had much less income that expected. And all the activities that would want to be had hasn’t happened.
The secretary has made an effort. And has tried to give answer to all members and to the budget of all year activities.
Control 3rd page.
11.560€ negative. Less expenses in the secretary office.
We had to compensate for lack of resources.
Translations. Not had enough activities.
TRY TO REDUCE COSTS. ADJUST WITH THE QUANTITIES RECEIVED.
Very austere, in concordance with the philosophy of the situation.
Control costs, try to spend less that received to try to get subventions.
Travel expenses, 40,111
Event € 571 budgeted at € 10,000
Depreciation of fixed assets, web, computer equipment following € 2,550 with tax tables according to the life they have the equipment.
€ 28,000 loss provision for bad credits.
Amounts receivable from past years that have to take losses.
They were never charged. We have waited longer and keep trying to make the members pay and the secretary has made a great effort but this hasn’t been finished with positive consequences.
We have to reflect a positive result to ask for subventions to the EU.
We have provoked ourselves a disease, the one of not collecting the fees as it has to be done, in time and way of doing it.
Financial costs
Bank services (fees made by credit cards, transactions) also below as the budget was estimated.
Income 393€
This year in the secretary of Barcelona is going to be the first time that is registered as an foreign entity, we have a VAT number, that means that we are fiscaly registered as an association.
This is an accountant result but we have afterwards to talk about a fiscal result.
We have to make some adjustments that are demanded by the inland revenue.
QUESTIONS:
Roxanne. Clarifications about the income and loss in the account.
What issues is one thing and another thing is what is charged in that billing has emitted but has not been received.
Clarification: divide the number into the amount about what has been received and the amount that remains outstanding:
27.059: net billing individuals
It has been billed to 270.5 partners (one member half)of that we have cobrado 127 members- 12.750€ of individuals members
54.875€ billing corresponding to 47 shares collective members, Charged groups - 41 members- € 49,875 of collective members 92 casualties in 2014 and still been no defaults.
Balance sheet. Would it be correct That the accounts receivable can be overridden in the accounts listed as clients?
We have to reflect positive results to be able to apply to subventions
Roxanne Helme and Jeff Green: 2015 budget clarification, Joan, the fees of the Assembly and membership aren’t paid.
Jean Pierre Jacques is surprised about the above explained: not the reflection about the quantity that there is.
Enormous difference between what is actually in the accounts and only what it appears on the budget (that has been invoiced)
Profit and loss reflects the activity, billing issued to members.
Exemplified by having a business that invoices to 6 clients, each of them pay 1000€ and you have to emit an invoice. Half of the clients don’t pay, so, in the results account you will have 6000€ but after, in the deposit box, where it is registered in a patrimonial way you’ll have 3000€.
It has to appear on the 2015 budget what is already paid.
David understands Jean Pierre,
Members that don’t pay. Until we haven’t had a resolution about what to do with the members that aren’t paying their fees even if the secretary has been there constantly to remind them, we are held by juridical rules, because we haven’t made anything to get them out of that list. What is reflected on this accounts, we hide anything, some members do not pay, and we haven’t found a way to make them pay, the reasons are multiple (maybe they can’t pa, but we have made possible other ways to pay)
The ways to manage the actions of our Association is the prize cuote, we have to fix it. We have to promote ourselves, make our colleagues join us.
We have reduced; the travels of the CoEx are covered by themselves with the exceptions of the President.
Mr Higashizawa and Mr Maiga Aabouba.
There is a concern about the members who still inscribed and don’t pay, which aren’t signed out, to treat this as an uncharged even if
If there is a hope to receive payment, we have to keep them inscribed.
Lévy: proposes if this members are going to be erased but this will need to reflect on the accounts, and if we do this all the subventions conditions can change
Luis, we are a very poor association, our treasurer do not cost anything to the ICB and we have to keep in mind that this is a “romantic” association. Let’s ask the new council to resolve all this, we cannot discuss this now, the numbers are here already been made.
Elisabetta; the ExCo has always done an enormous effort with this decisions, and we have made on specific decision, regarding the unpaid. We have to make a decision about the secretariat, our organization.
CONCLUSION: identified problem about the accounting.
We will analyze this with our Accountings Correct for 2015 the issues talked
Noted the Observations
And how to resolve and report this in the future.
Noted that Jean Pierre, finds incoherent to augment of 8000€ the provision maintaining in the budget in terms of resource and revenues, 81000€ that corresponds to the total amount.
David congratulates Luis, the secretary for all the tireless work done regarding this matter (payment of the fees) and the Accountant, Joan Rodriguez Parera, for all the brilliant work he has done and how he has answered, presented and resolved issues he has done.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PAGES COMMENTED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
Accounting CLOSED.
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VOTING OPENED by the actual president, Luis
Introduction of Mr Philip Moser, who is the commissioned responsible of this 2015 elections along with the Secretary and Mr Sivananthan of controlling the elections.
Candidates and already elected members due to no vacancies and no terminations of charges:
Colleges where there is not going to be an election:
Bars and law societies:
Europe
Luis del Castillo Barcelona Jean pierre Jacques Liège Jean marc Fedida Paris All elected until 2018
Africa
4 vacant seats and no candidates no changes
Asia
2 vacant seats and 2 candidates Raymond Chedid Lebanon Mitsuru Namba
They Are elected Americas
No changes Oceania No changes
Representatives of associations of council:
5 vacant seats
4 candidates elected UAE
Canadian Council of Defense Law Deutsche Bar
Unione della Camera Penale Italiana They Are elected
Associate Members:
Avocats sans frontières They Are elected
Invididual members:
11 names
Aurora Bewicke Cheick Diop
David Lévy
Étienne Rosenthal not present Ingo Klaus not present
Joaquin Pelegrín
Ken Gallant LIST COUNCIL Rosette Bar Haim LIST COUNCIL Selarl Rabesandrantana LIST COUNCIL Stella Idenyenmih Omiyi LIST COUNCIL Yasushi Higashizawa
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Procedures to the elections:
Only individual members can vote (or the ones that are both or provided of a proxy)
A Ballot paper with the names of the 11 candidates is distributed, the voting is up to 7 votes maximum.
Candidates to the elections: Individual presentations of their candidacy to all members assisting.
Counting of the votes.
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Mr. Moser: I think it is not necessary to give the exact results of voting, so proceed to give the list of successful candidates.
The elect are the following, Ms. Helme, Mr. Levy, Ms. Omiyi, Mr. Currat, Mr.
Burgos, Mr.Gallant and Mr.Pelegrin.
Congratulations to the new CoEx,
the New CoPresidents are Ms Roxanne Helme and Mr David Lévy.
.CLOSING OF THE ELECTIONS.
You will find the list of attendees at the General Assembly, and the list of proxies below.
