Promotes the Development of International Law

One of the functions of the Department of International Law (DIL) is to promote and develop international law, to which end it conducts a variety of activities.

In 1996, the OAS General Assembly adopted the [Declaration of Panama on the Inter-American Contribution to the Development and Codification of International Law]. With that Declaration in mind, in 1997 the OAS General Assembly adopted the Inter-American Program for the Development of International Law. More recently, in 2011, an OAS General Assembly resolution updated that program (see the full text of the updated Program).

For the complete text of the OAS General Assembly resolution updating the Program, click here. | Es |

Reports on the implementation of the Program

• Report on the Inter-American Program for the Development of International Law [AG/RES. 2723 (XLII-O/12)] Activities conducted in 2012 by the Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs
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• Report on the Inter-American Program for the Development of International Law [AG/RES. 2660 (XLI-O/11)] Activities of the Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs in the period 2011-2012
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• Report on the Inter-American Program for the Development of International Law [AG/RES. 2590 (XL-O/10)] Activities of the Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs in the period 2010-2011
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• Report on the Inter-American Program for the Development of International Law (AG/RES.2503-XXXIX-O/09) Activities of the Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs in the period 2009-2010
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