CP/RES. 887 (1501/05)

CONVOCATION OF THE SECOND MEETING OF CENTRAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER EXPERTS ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS AND EXTRADITION

 (Adopted at its session held on August 10, 2005)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the offer by the Government of Brazil to host the Second Meeting of Central Authorities and Other Experts on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition (CP/CAJP-SA.416/05) and the note from the Permanent Mission of Brazil concerning said meeting (CP/INF.5218/05);

CONSIDERING that in the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Fifth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-V/doc.9/04) it was recommended that the next meeting of central authorities and other experts continue to strengthen and make more effective mechanisms for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, and hemispheric cooperation in the matter of extradition; and

HAVING SEEN resolution AG/RES. 2068 (XXXV-O/05), in which the Permanent Council is requested to convene the aforementioned meeting,

RESOLVES:

1. To thank the Government of Brazil for its offer to host the Second Meeting of Central Authorities and Other Experts on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition.

2. To convene the Second Meeting of Central Authorities and Other Experts on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition, to be held in Brasilia, Brazil, on September 1, 2 and 3, 2005.