▪ XXXIV Course on International Law (2007)
“Legal Aspects of Regional Development”
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Inter-American Juridical Committee.
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▪ Publications

The Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA) is offering its most recent publications to the public on issues of international law in our web page. The following volumes are available at this moment:

1. Course of Internacional Law.  Volume on the Courses on International Law, held annually in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The course is organized by the Inter-American Juridical Committee and the General Secretariat since 1974. The texts are published in the original language in which the courses were given. We are offering our publications on the courses held in the year 1997 (50th Anniversary of the Organization of American States), 1999 (The new challenges in international public and private law), 2000 (Universalism and regionalism), 2001 (Human person and international contemporary law), 2002 (Natural resources, energy, the environment, and international law), 2003 (International Law and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security), 2004 (International Law, Trade, Finance ad Development) and 2005 (The contribution of international organizations to international law today).

2. Serie Temática. Collection that compiles the Courses on Internacional Law since its inception. There are two volumes available: Volume I: Private International Law in the Americas (1974-2000).  This volume gathers all the courses of Private International Law offered between 1974 and 2000.  Volume II: Inter-American System (1974-2001). This volume contains all the courses on the Inter-American System offered between 1974 and 2001.

3. Workshop on Internacional Law (Jornadas de Derecho Internacional). Activities relating to the teaching of international and Inter-American law and the exchange between professors and disciplines of public and private international law of the member States. This volume is published in the original language in which the conference was given.  We are offering the books on every workshop celebrated since 1999:

Workshop celebrated in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1999;

Workshop celebrated in Cordoba, Argentina, 2000;

Workshop celebrated in Mexico City, Mexico, 2001;

Workshop celebrated in Florianopolis, Brazil, 2002;

Workshop celebrated in Lima, Peru, 2003;

Workshop celebrated in Santiago, Chile, 2004;

Workshop celebrated in Ottawa, Canada, 2005;

▪ Private International Law (Cidip-VII)

The General Assembly, at its thirty-third regular session held June 8-10, 2003, convened the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VII). CIDIP conferences are the principal OAS instrument for the codification and harmonization of private international law in the Americas.

The General Assembly requested that the Permanent Council begin preparatory work for CIDIP-VII and report its progress during the General Assembly’s thirty-fourth regular session.
Pursuant to this mandate the General Secretariat has begun preparatory activities, including preliminary steps for selecting agenda topics. 

The full text of the General Assembly’s resolution on this matter and documentation concerning preparatory work can be consulted at the Department of International Law’s web page on CIDIP-VII. 

The Workshops are held in plenary sessions during which each topic presented in a bloc composed of 4 to 5 professors is followed by general debates. All the papers presented during the Workshops are printed in texts published by the Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA).