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▪ Working Groups [Discussion
Forum]
Having selected consumer protection and electronic
registries as the topics for CIDIP-VII, Member States then
designated Official Governmental Experts to participate in
the preparatory work for dafting international instruments
on these topics adopted by CIDIP-VII.
Experts designated by their
respective countries have the authority to participate and
negotiate draft texts pursuant to their government’s
substantive and political directions.
Each Member State was requested
to designate at least one Government Expert for each
CIDIP-VII topic. These experts should have substantive
experience working with the selected topics and preferably
have governmental authority for negotiating and implementing
a draft convention or other instrument on the subject.
Member States were encouraged to
designate private law experts, as well as officials from the
domestic agencies/offices with governmental authority over
the selected subjects -- officials from local consumer
protection agencies and officials from local commercial
registries.
In addition to governmental
experts, the General Assembly also requested the
Inter-American Juridical Committee to contribute to the
preparatory work for CIDIP-VII and request the General
Secretariat to explore means of collaboration with
international organizations with expertise on the topics.
This includes the Hague Conference on Private International
Law, the United Nations Commission on International Trade
Law (UNCITRAL), the International Institute for the
Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), and the
Inter-American Development Bank, among others, involved in
the process of drafting and promoting international
instruments compatible with those developed in the CIDIP
process.
The Groups of Experts, which can
be conformed of both governmental and non-governmental
experts, will conduct preparatory work in close consultation
with one another, as well as independent experts,
international organizations, and representatives from the
member state through the discussion forum and will meet in
preparatory meetings if necessary.
Work Methodology:
CP/CAJP-2309/05
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