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Office of International
Law
A. Structure
1. The International
Law Office and its staff are under the overall direction,
supervision, and control of the director of the
International Law Office, who answers to the director of the
Department of International Legal Affairs, pursuant to the
legal system of the Organization and the provisions of this
Executive Order.
B. Functions
1. Advises the
General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers
of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Council, the General
Secretariat, and other organs, agencies, and entities of the
Organization on matters of public and private international
law and the statutory and regulatory aspects of the
functioning of those bodies.
2. Provides
secretariat support to the Inter-American Juridical
Committee.
3. Advises the
inter-American specialized conferences on matters of public
and private international law.
4. Prepares and
coordinates studies and research on topics related to the
development and codification of public and private
international law.
5. Supports, through
studies and documents, activities geared toward the
standardization and harmonization of laws on public and
private international law in the member states, including
the legal aspects of economic integration in the regional
context.
6. Serves as
depository of inter-American multilateral treaties, a
function entrusted to the General Secretariat by the OAS
Charter.
7. Serves as
depository of bilateral agreements concluded by OAS organs
with American states or with other inter-American
organizations or national entities of member or permanent
observer states, and of agreements concluded among member
states for which the General Secretariat has been designated
as depository.
8. Publishes an
electronic database on inter-American treaties.
9. Provides legal
program content for projects and activities in the priority
areas and assists them in developing proposals on
conventions or “model” laws, as requested.
10. In coordination
with other bodies of the Organization and with governmental
and nongovernmental institutions, promotes courses,
meetings, and seminars on legal topics of interest to the
Hemisphere.
11. Publishes and
releases studies and reports prepared by the Inter-American
Juridical Committee, by the inter-American specialized
conferences on legal topics, and by the Department of
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