The Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI) held its 87th regular session from August 3 to 12, 2015, at its seat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
During that session, the
Committee members met with the Secretary General
of the Organization of American States, Luis
Almagro, to discuss the strategic vision of the
Organization and possible ways for the Committee
to cooperate with the Organization and the
General Secretariat.
In the course of its 87th
session, the Committee concluded its discussion
of two topics on its agenda. Regarding the
first, the plenary adopted a set of
recommendations for strengthening bilateral
relations on migration issues, especially in
respect of states with adjoining territories or
islands split between two states, and
facilitating the solution of problems between
neighboring states. Regarding the second topic,
pursuant to a General Assembly mandate, a report
was presented on 'the protection of stateless
persons" in light of international standards.
The Committee then agreed to continue studying
the following topics: The immunities of
international organizations; Electronic
warehouse receipts for agricultural commodities;
Law Applicable to International Contracts; and
Representative Democracy. A new topic proposed
was analysis of the application of the [Tr.American
Convention on Human Rights] Conventionality
Principle (principio de convencionalidad). Dr.
Ruth Correa Palacio was appointed as the
Rapporteur for that topic.
As is customary when the
Committee meets at its seat in Rio de Janeiro,
members received representatives of
international and domestic organizations. Among
them were representatives of the International
Court of Justice, the International Committee of
the Red Cross, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the African
Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL),
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the
Paris Bar Association, and the Ministry of
Agriculture of Argentina.
Finally, mention should be
made of the Private International Law Day
Seminar conducted by the Juridical Committee on
Friday, August 7, with private international law
professors from Argentina and Brazil. That event
provided an opportunity to hear the experts'
opinions regarding the current status of topics
of interest in the field of private
international law, and to learn of their support
for the Juridical Committee's work on the
subject.
The next regular session of
the Inter-American Juridical Committee will take
place in Washington, D.C., the United States,
from Monday April 4 to Friday, April 8, 2016.
The CJI is the advisory body
on juridical matters of the Organization of
American States. Its principal function is to
promote the progressive development and the
codification of international law; to study
juridical problems related to the integration of
the developing countries of the Hemisphere; and
to foster the attainment of uniformity in the
legislation of the member states. The Department
of International Law of the Secretariat for
Legal Affairs serves as the Committee's
Technical Secretariat.
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