Mr. Petr Válek, Director of the International Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was elected the Chair of CAHDI in 2018 and now serves his second-term in this position. Apart from current issues of international law, the participants of the CAHDI meeting discussed among others questions related to immunities of States and international organisations, law and practice relating to reservations and interpretative declarations concerning international treaties or developments concerning international criminal tribunals and international humanitarian law. The CAHDI members and observers exchanged views with two special guests. Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova, President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), informed about the establishment of the KSC and its mandate, as well as current indictments. Mr. Klaus Rackwitz, Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, gave a speech on the occasion of the 70^th anniversary of the adoption of the Nuremberg Principles by the International Law Commission.

The 59th CAHDI meeting was preceded, on September 23, 2020, by a CAHDI Seminar on the Contribution of the European Court of Human Rights to the Development of Public International Law. Among speakers were Mr. Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, Judge and former President of the ECtHR, Prof. Pavel Šturma, Chairman of the International Law Commission, and Prof. Georg Nolte, Member of the ILC. Concluding remarks were presented by Mr. Emil Ruffer, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe. The seminar was organized on the occasion of the 70^th anniversary of the conclusion of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.