The Inter-American Juridical Committee (IAJC), headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, is one of the organs through which the Organization of American States (OAS) accomplishes its purposes.

The Committee serves the Organization as an advisory body on juridical matters of an international nature and promotes the progressive development and the codification of international law.

It also studies juridical problems related to the integration of the developing countries of the Hemisphere and, insofar as may appear desirable, the possibility of attaining uniformity in their legislation.

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Panel: The Organization of American States and the defense of democracy: origins and evolution (August 1, 2011) *Introduction, Program, Videos in the original language in which the panel was given and Pictures Gallery

Publication: Democracy within the works of the Inter-American Juridical Committee (1946.2010)*only spanish

» Brief History oh the IAJC

The oldest antecedent of the Inter-American Juridical Committee is the Permanent Commission of Jurisconsults of Rio de Janeiro set up in 1906 by the 3rd American International Conference. Its first meeting took place in 1912, although its period of greatest importance was during the year 1927, when twelve draft conventions on public international... [more information]