Welcome to the Department

The Department of International Law fulfills, along with other functions, the following mandates:

• Advises the organs, agencies and entities of the OAS,

• Promotes the development of international law; and

• Acts as official depository of inter-American treaties.

Newsletters 2013

June 19, 2013 - OAS General Assembly passes Conventions against Racism and Discrimination .

June 18, 2013 - Fifth Conference on Arbitration in Latin America, a success story co-sponsored by the Department of International Law .

May 10, 2013 - “Indigenous Perspectives” Photography Competition organized by the Departament of International Law (OAS) and AMA | Art Museum of the Americas.

April 17, 2013 - The Department of International Law initiates collaboration with the United Nations and other Organizations on Secured Transactions Reform.

April 11, 2013 - OAS Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs receives report on the work done by the Department of International Law on the issue of access to public information and a first draft of the Inter-American Program on this matter.

April 11, 2013 - Inter-American Juridical Committee Presents Annual Report to Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs.

March 21, 2013 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

March 15, 2013 - Inter-American Juridical Committee (IAJC) closed its 82nd regular session.

January 17, 2013 - Course on International Refugee Law (CAJP, 2013).

November 27, 2012 - Colombia denounces the "Pact of Bogotá".

November 14, 2012 - The Department of International Law launched its new brochure.

Contact Us

Department of International Law
Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA)
Organization of American States
Corner of 19th Street and Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C., 20006, USA
USA
Tel. + 1 202.458.6899
Fax + 1 202.458.3293
E-mail: dil@oas.org