» Statute of the Inter-American Juridical Committee

CHAPTER VI

QUORUM AND VOTING

Article 25: Six members shall constitute a quorum for conducting the business of the Committee, but it may hold preparatory sessions with only four of its members present. The preparatory sessions shall be merely deliberative.

Article 26: Each member shall be entitled to one vote only.

Article 27: For the adoption of recommendations, resolutions, and opinions of the Committee on any matters that are not procedural, the concurring vote, by roll call, of at least six of its members shall be required.

Procedural matters shall be decided by a majority of the members present.

If there is a difference of opinion as to whether a matter is one of substance or of procedure, the question shall be decided by the vote of at least six of the members of the Committee.

A Committee member shall have the right to have the explanation of his concurring or dissenting vote included in the record following decisions approved on matters of substance, if he announces his intention at the time the vote is taken. The text of this explanation of vote shall be delivered within ten days, or such period as the Committee may indicate.