CP/RES. 998 (1833/11)

CONVOCATION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR PENITENTIARY AND PRISON POLICIES, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION
AG/RES. 2657 (XLI-O/11) AND THE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE OR OTHER MINISTERS OR
ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE AMERICAS (REMJA-VIII)

(Adopted at its session held on December 14, 2011)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

CONSIDERING the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Eighth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-VIII/doc.4/10 rev. 1) and resolution AG/RES. 2657 (XLI-O/11), by which the General Assembly requested the Permanent Council to convene the Third Meeting of the Working Group on Penitentiary and Prison Policies; and

BEARING IN MIND that provision 17 of the Document of Washington stipulates that meetings of working groups shall be formally convened by resolution of the Permanent Council of the OAS,

RESOLVES:

1. To convene the Third Meeting of the REMJA Working Group of Officials Responsible for Penitentiary and Prison Policies, which will be held in Kingston, Canada from February 20 to 22, 2012 in keeping with the mandates set forth in the conclusions and recommendations of the Eighth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-VIII).

2. To request the General Secretariat to render the technical and administrative support necessary to prepare for said meeting in coordination with Canada as the host country thereof, and to make appropriate arrangements for it to be held, subject to the availability of resources allocated in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources for 2012