A new system for more effective formulation of international treaties, including those on checking black money and promoting investments, is likely to be recommended soon by a Parliamentary panel
The 31-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, headed by Congress <g data-gr-id="22">MP E</g> M Sudarsana Natchiappan, which is looking at the proposal, also favours creation of a new wing--Department of International Law--to ensure that matters related to international treaties and agreements are discussed, formulated and implemented in a better way.
“As plenty of bilateral and multiple treaties on <g data-gr-id="23">blackmoney</g> and other matters including investments are coming up, there should be a proper system for participation, formulation and implementation of such international agreements,” Natchiappan said.
“The system will create a better positioning of India in the international fora,” he said.
The Committee has also favoured <g data-gr-id="19">creation</g> of Department of International Law under the Ministry of Law and Justice. The Ministry will also need to be renamed as Ministry of International Law, Domestic Law and Justice, he said.
The panel also heard submissions by officials of External Affairs, Commerce, Finance and Home ministries, Natchiappan said, adding that representatives of ministries of civil aviation, social justice, labour, and environment and forests will also be called in to give their views soon. At present, Legal and Treaties division under the Ministry of External Affairs is entrusted with the task of negotiating all political treaties, agreements and conventions with foreign countries. “Treaty making has become a highly specialised process which requires knowledge of the various issues on which the treaty is being negotiated.