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Department of International Law
A. Structure
1. The Department of International Law and its staff are
under the overall direction, supervision, and control of the
director of the Department, who answers to the secretary for
legal affairs, in accordance with the legal system of the
Organization and with the provisions of this Executive
Order.
B. Functions
1. Advises the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Council, the
General Secretariat, and other organs, agencies, and
entities of the OAS on matters of [public]
and [private
international law] and the statutory and regulatory
aspects of the functioning of those bodies.
2. Provides secretariat support to the [Inter-American
Juridical Committee].
3. Provides secretariat support to the Committee for the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against [Persons
with Disabilities].
4. Provides secretariat support to the Working Group to
Examine the Progress Reports of the States Parties to the
Protocol of San Salvador in accordance with the Standards
for the Preparation of Periodic Reports pursuant to Article
19 of the Protocol of San Salvador.
5. Advises the [inter-American
specialized conferences] on matters of public and
private international law.
6. Prepares and coordinates studies and research on topics
related to the development and codification of [public]
and [private
international law].
7. Supports, through studies and documents, activities
geared toward the standardization and harmonization of laws
on [public] and [private
international law] in the member states, including the
legal aspects of economic integration in the regional
context.
8. Serves as depository of [inter-American
multilateral treaties], a function entrusted to the
General Secretariat by the OAS Charter.
9. Serves as depository of [bilateral
agreements] concluded by OAS organs with American states
or with other inter-American organizations or national
entities of member or permanent observer states, and of
agreements concluded among member states for which the
General Secretariat has been designated as depository.
10. Publishes an [electronic database]
on inter-American treaties.
11. Provides legal program content for projects and
activities in the priority areas and assists them in
developing proposals on conventions or “model” laws, as
requested.
12. In coordination with other bodies of the Organization
and with governmental and nongovernmental institutions,
promotes [courses, meetings,
and seminars] on legal topics of interest to the
Hemisphere.
13. [Publishes] and releases
studies and reports prepared by the Inter-American Juridical
Committee, by the inter-American specialized conferences on
legal topics, and by the Secretariat for Legal Affairs.
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