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TheGovernmentofCanadaconsidersthatareservationwhichconsistsofageneralreferenceto p nationallawconstitutes,inreality,areservationwithageneral,indeterminatescope,suchthatit \ makesitimpossibletoidentifythemodificationstoobligationsundertheCovenant,whichit H purportstointroduceanditdoesnotclearlydefinefortheotherStatesPartiestotheConventionthe 4 extenttowhichthereservingStatehasacceptedtheobligationsoftheCovenant.  p TheGovernmentofCanadanotesthatthereservationmadebytheGovernmentoftheMaldives H whichaddressesoneofthemostessentialprovisionsoftheCovenant,towhichnoderogationis 4 allowedaccordingtoarticle4oftheCovenant,isincontradictionwiththeobjectandpurposeofthe   Covenant.TheGovernmentofCanadathereforeobjectstotheaforesaidreservationmadebythe   GovernmentoftheMaldives.  ThisobjectiondoesnotprecludetheentryintoforceinitsentiretyoftheCovenantbetweenCanada   andtheMaldives. l!   ***** D#!  27June2011 %l # WithregardtothereservationsmadebyPakistanuponratification: &D"%  TheGovernmentofCanadahascarefullyexaminedthereservationsmadebytheGovernmentof ($' theIslamicRepublicofPakistanuponratificationoftheInternationalCovenantonCiviland )%( PoliticalRights,whichdeclarethat: *%) _ +&*  theprovisionsofArticles3,6,7,18and19shallbesoappliedtotheextentthattheyarenot  repugnanttotheProvisionsoftheConstitutionofPakistanandthe_Sharia_Ԁlaws;   theprovisionsofArticle12shallbesoappliedastobeinconformitywiththeProvisionsofthe t ConstitutionofPakistan; `  WithrespecttoArticle13,theGovernmentoftheIslamicRepublicofPakistanreservesitsright 8  toapplyitslawrelatingtoforeigners; $ t  theprovisionsofArticle25shallbesoappliedtotheextentthattheyarenotrepugnanttothe  L  ProvisionsoftheConstitutionofPakistan;andtheGovernmentoftheIslamicRepublicofPakistan  8   doesnotrecognizethecompetenceoftheCommitteeprovidedforinArticle40oftheCovenant. $  TheGovernmentofCanadaconsidersthatreservationswhichconsistofageneralreferenceto   nationallawortotheprescriptionsoftheIslamicShariaconstitute,inreality,reservationswitha   general,indeterminatescope.Thismakesitimpossibletoidentifythemodificationstoobligations   undertheCovenantthateachreservationpurportstointroduceandimpossiblefortheotherStates p PartiestotheCovenanttoknowtheextenttowhichPakistanhasacceptedtheobligationsofthe \ Covenant,anuncertaintywhichisunacceptable,especiallyinthecontextoftreatiesrelatedtohuman H rights. 4 TheGovernmentofCanadafurtherconsidersthatthecompetenceoftheCommitteetoreceive,study  \ andcommentonthereportssubmittedbyStatesPartiesasprovidedforinArticle40oftheCovenant H isessentialtotheimplementationoftheCovenant.Throughitsfunctionanditsactivity,theHuman 4 RightsCommitteeplaysanessentialroleinmonitoringthefulfillmentoftheobligationsoftheStates   PartiestotheConvention.ParticipationinthereportingmechanismoutlinedinArticle40,whichis   aimedatencouragingmoreeffectiveimplementationbyStatesPartiesoftheirtreatyobligations,is  standardpracticeofStatesPartiestotheCovenant.  TheGovernmentofCanadanotesthatthereservationsmadebytheGovernmentoftheIslamic l RepublicofPakistan,addressingmanyofthemostessentialprovisionsoftheCovenant,andaiming X  toexcludetheobligationsunderthoseprovisions,areincompatiblewiththeobjectandpurposeof D! theCovenant,andthusinadmissibleunderArticle19(c)oftheViennaConventionontheLawof 0"  Treaties.Inaddition,Articles6,7and18oftheCovenantareamongtheprovisionsfromwhichno #l! derogationisallowed,accordingtoArticle4oftheCovenant.TheGovernmentofCanadatherefore $X" objectstotheaforesaidreservationsmadebytheGovernmentoftheIslamicRepublicofPakistan. $D # ThisobjectiondoesnotprecludetheentryintoforceinitsentiretyoftheCovenantbetweenCanada &"% andtheIslamicRepublicofPakistan. '#& _  ***** )$(  h+&* ЇNote  ThereservationwaslodgedwiththeSecretaryGeneralon4December2006byBahrain,following t itsaccessiontotheCovenanton20September2006. ` Inkeepingwiththedepositarypracticefollowedinsimilarcases,theSecretaryGeneralproposed 8  toreceivethereservationinquestionfordepositintheabsenceofanyobjectiononthepartofany $ t oftheContractingStates,eithertothedeposititselfortotheprocedureenvisaged,withinaperiod  ` of12monthsfromthedateofthepresentdepositarynotification.Intheabsenceofanysuch  L  objection,theabovereservationwouldbeacceptedindepositupontheexpirationoftheabove  8  stipulated12monthperiod,thatison28December2007. $  Inviewofthebelowobjections,theSecretaryGeneraldidnotacceptthereservationmadeby   Bahrainindeposit.TheSecretaryGeneralreceivedthefollowingobjectionsonthedatesindicated   hereinafter:   ... \  Canada (18September2007): 4 "TheGovernmentofCanadahascarefullyexaminedthedeclarationmadebytheGovernmentofthe ` KingdomofBahrainuponaccedingtotheInternationalCovenantonCivilandPoliticalRights,in L accordancewithwhichtheGovernmentoftheKingdomofBahrain'interpretstheProvisionsof 8 Article3,18and23asnotaffectinginanywaytheprescriptionsoftheIslamicShariah'. $ TheGovernmentofCanadanotesthatthesedeclarationsconstituteinrealityreservationsandthat  theyshouldhavebeenlodgedatthetimeofaccessionbyBahraintotheCovenant.  TheGovernmentofCanadaconsidersthatbymakingtheinterpretationofarticles3,18and23of p theCovenantsubjecttotheprescriptionsoftheIslamicShariah,theGovernmentoftheKingdom \  ofBahrainisformulatingreservationswithageneral,indeterminatescope,suchthattheymakeit H! impossibletoidentifythemodificationstoobligationsundertheCovenant,whichtheypurportto 4"  introduceandtheydonotclearlydefinefortheotherStatesPartiestotheConventiontheextentto  #p! whichthereservingStatehasacceptedtheobligationsoftheConvention.  $\" TheGovernmentofCanadanotesthatthereservationsmadebytheGovernmentoftheKingdomof %4!$ Bahrain,addressingsomeofthemostessentialprovisionsoftheCovenant,andaimingtoexclude & "% theobligationsunderthoseprovisions,areincontradictionwiththeobjectandpurposeofthe ' #& Covenant.Inaddition,article18oftheCovenantisamongtheprovisionsfromwhichnoderogation (#' isallowed,accordingtoarticle4oftheCovenant. )$( TheGovernmentofCanadathereforeobjectstotheaforesaidreservationmadebytheGovernment l+&* oftheKingdomofBahrain.Thisobjectiondoesnotprecludetheentryintoforceinitsentiretyof  theCovenantbetweenCanadaandtheKingdomofBahrain."  ...  (Note15,ChapterIV.4,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral) t  DECLARATIONRE:ARTICLE41  8  29October1979  ` "TheGovernmentofCanadadeclares,underarticle41oftheInternationalCovenantonCiviland  8  PoliticalRights,thatitrecognizesthecompetenceoftheHumanRightsCommitteereferredtoin $  article28ofthesaidCovenanttoreceiveandconsidercommunicationssubmittedbyanotherState   Party,providedthatsuchStatePartyhas,notlessthantwelvemonthspriortothesubmissionbyit   ofacommunicationrelatingtoCanada,madeadeclarationunderarticle41recognizingthe   competenceoftheCommitteetoreceiveandconsidercommunicationsrelatingtoitself."