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The Inter-American Juridical Committee (IAJC), headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, is one of the organs through which the Organization of American States (OAS) accomplishes its purposes.

The Committee serves the Organization as an advisory body on juridical matters of an international nature and promotes the progressive development and the codification of international law.

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	Death of Ambassador Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro, ex-member and chairman of the IAJC 77th regular session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August 2-13, 2010) Mandates

» Brief History oh the IAJC

The oldest antecedent of the Inter-American Juridical Committee is the Permanent Commission of Jurisconsults of Rio de Janeiro set up in 1906 by the 3rd American International Conference. Its first meeting took place in 1912, although its period of greatest importance was during the year 1927, when twelve draft conventions on public international... [more information]