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Inter-American Juridical Committee reports on CIDIP conferences

CJI/RES.83 (LXVI-O/05)

REEXAMINING THE INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTIONS ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE,  

TAKING NOTE of document CJI/doc.178/05 corr.1, “Reexamining the inter-American conventions on international private law and the CIDIP-VII”, presented by one of the rapporteurs, Dr. Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra; 

CONSIDERING the in-depth analysis that took place during the Juridical Committee session on re-examination of the Inter-American Conventions on International Private Law;  

BEARING IN MIND efforts carried out in relation to preparations for the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on International Private Law (CIDIP-VII); 

RESOLVES: 

 1. To welcome with approval document CJI/doc.178/05 corr.1, “Reexamining the inter-American conventions on international private law”, presented by one of the rapporteurs on the topic, Dr. Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra.

2. Request the rapporteurs on the topic, Drs. Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra, Joao Grandino Rodas and Antonio Fidel Pérez to continue their in-depth analysis on this topic in order to present conclusions and recommendations to the 67th Regular Session of the Inter-American Juridical Committee.

3. Recommend to the Permanent Council that in the upcoming CIDIP-VII include in its list of topics the analysis of the reasons for which several inter-American conventions on international private law adopted within the framework of CIDIPs, as yet, do not have a significant number of ratifications by the OAS Member States, as well as the degree to which model laws have been incorporated into national legislation by Member States, taking into account the referred report CJI/doc.178/05 corr.1, “Re-examining the inter-American conventions on international private law”, and the report presented by the rapporteur.

The present resolution was adopted at the session held on March 9, 2005 by the following members: Drs. Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa, Jean-Paul Hubert, Luis Marchand Stens, Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra, Antonio Fidel Pérez, Stephen C. Vasciannie, Luis Herrera Marcano and Galo Leoro Franco.