AG/RES. 1326 (XXV-O/95)

SUPPORT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE AMERICAS

(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 1272 (XXIV-O/94), "Enhancement of the Administration of Justice in the Americas";

CONSIDERING:

That the resolution provides that one of the basic objectives of the Organization is the strengthening of the democratic system of government and that one way of attaining that objective is to enhance the administration of justice in terms of both training for magistrates and lawyers and support for the different national legal systems;

That increased regional integration will likewise require additional legal cooperation; and

That, at the Summit of the Americas, the heads of state and government deemed it essential that justice should be accessible in an efficient and expeditious way to all sectors of society and urged the Organization to help the countries to fulfill the commitments undertaken there; and

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that the Permanent Council has established a Working Group on Enhancement of the Administration of Justice in the Americas,

RESOLVES:

  1. To instruct the Working Group on Enhancement of the Administration of Justice in the Americas to organize with the General Secretariat and the Inter-American Juridical Committee, within the limits of budgetary availability, regional seminars and workshops, which should be coordinated with national and international institutions involved in this area. These seminars and workshops, in which judges, lawyers, and scholars would participate, would facilitate a better mutual understanding of the administration of justice in the various countries, the aim being to achieve greater legal cooperation in the region.

  2. To instruct the Permanent Council to consider, together with the General Secretariat, any requests made by the member states to the Organization for assistance in enhancing the administration of justice in their countries and to transmit such requests through the appropriate channels.

  3. To request the Permanent Council to present a report on implementation of this resolution to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth regular session.

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