Newsletter - April 2010
Family Law
The Department of International Law (DIL) is
organizing the first meeting of the
English-speaking pilot group that is working to
implement an inter-American network of legal
cooperation and mutual assistance in family and
child law. It will take place May 4 and 5, 2010 in
Washington, D.C., in compliance with a mandate
issued at the Seventh Meeting of Ministers of
Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of
the Americas.
We are currently defining the composition of this
English-speaking pilot group, whose function will be
to supplement the work done previously by the
Spanish-speaking pilot group for the implementation
of the network’s three components:
The first is the public component, a public website
containing legal information on the member states as
well as contact information of the authorities in
charge of legal cooperation and family and child
protection in the given countries.
The second is the private component, which includes
drafts of documents, discussion forums, copies of
presentations made at the group’s meetings, schedule
of activities, and other information related to
implementation of the network.
The third and last component is the Secure
Electronic Communication System, which is software
that allows for the exchange of authentic and
confidential information among authorities appointed
for the network.
After the meeting in May, and at the conclusion of
the pilot stage of the project, there will be a
technical meeting in the second half of 2010 with
participation of all OAS member states, as decided
by the Eighth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or
Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the
Americas. The purpose of the technical meeting will
be to extend the network to all of the OAS member
states.
With special emphasis on children’s rights, this
network aims to facilitate access to the
inter-American system for family and child
protection, and will foster legal cooperation in the
matter.
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