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The Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA) develops, promotes,
and implements the Inter-American Program for the
Development of International Law; provides advisory services
concerning international law and the development and
codification of inter-American law; supports the follow-up
mechanisms for certain inter-American conventions; serves as
a depository and source of information for [inter-American
treaties] and the [agreements]
of the OAS and its organs; disseminates information on the
legal instruments of the OAS and its legal programs; and
provides other services related to inter-American legal
cooperation.
The SLA is comprised of the
Executive Office of the Secretary
and the following dependencies:
1. The Department
of International Law;
2. The
Department of Legal Cooperation (Technical Secretariat for
Legal Cooperation Mechanisms);
3. The
Department of Special Legal Programs; and
4. The Office of
the Director General of the Inter-American Children’s
Institute (which ranks as a department).
The SLA and its dependencies and staff are under the overall
direction, supervision, and control of the secretary for
legal affairs, who reports to the Secretary General, in
accordance with the legal system of the Organization and
with the provisions of this Executive Order.
The secretary of legal affairs, in consultation with the
Secretary General, shall name one of the directors of the
area to perform the functions of subsecretary for a
renewable period of one year, in order to fulfill all the
responsibilities and exercise the corresponding authority.
The Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA) performs its
functions according to the
[Executive Order 08-01 Rev. 1], and has staff in Washington D.C. and
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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