Publications

Every year the Department of International Law (DIL) publishes a variety of books related to the Inter-American System in accordance with the Program for the Development of International Law.

Free Electronic Publications

Paper Publications

Categories

n Serie Temática (Thematic Series)

This publication is a collection of works from the Course on International Law and is organized in three volumes (Serie Temática). Volume I: Private International Law, released in 2002, is a compilation of all the courses on Private International Law between 1974 and 2000.

Volume II: Inter-American System, released in 2003, is a compilation of all the courses on the Inter-American System between 1974 and 2001.

Volume III: Public International Law, to be released next year, is a compilation of all courses on the general aspects of Public International Law between 1974 and 2003. This collection is released in the original language of presentation.

n Workshops on International Law

This publication covers the Workshop proceedings and debates at the encounters of professors of Private and Public International law from throughout the hemisphere. In the last four years, the Workshops have taken place in different member States: Jornadas de Derecho Internacional en Montevideo, Uruguay, held in 1999; Jornadas de Derecho Internacional en Córdoba, Argentina, held in 2000; Jornadas de Derecho Internacional en Ciudad de México, Mexico held in 2001; Jornadas de Derecho Internacional en Florianópolis, Brazil held in 2002. This publication is released in the original language of presentation. [more information]

n Course on International Law

Volume that brings together lectures given annually at the Course of International Law since 1974. The Course is organized by the Inter-American Juridical Committee and the Department of International Law of the Secretariat of Legal Affairs of the OAS General Secretariat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The papers are published in the original language of the texts submitted by each author. [more information] 

n General Index of the Courses on Internacional Law

This publication index organizes the presentations given at the Course on International Law from 1978 to 2018 and is organized chronologically, by author and by topic. This publication is released in Spanish. [more information]

n International Contracts

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n Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

[more information] *only Spanish

n Afro-descendants

[more information] *only Spanish

n Equal Access to Public Information

[more information] *only Spanish

n International Commercial Arbitration: Award Enforcement

[more information] *only Spanish

n Democracy within the works of the Inter-American Juridical Committee (1946-2017)

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n Courses on International Humanitarian Law

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n Tratado Interamericano de Asistencia Recíproca

[more information] *only Spanish

n Legal Armonization in the Americas

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n Tribute to Keith Highet

This publication, completed in 2002, is a tribute to Dr. Keith Highet, a well-known international lawyer from the United States and member of the Inter-American Juridical Committee. Text on the rights and duties of States. Bilingual (English and Spanish) [more information]

n Democracy in the Inter-American System

This publication collects presentations and comments by panelists from the various member states in the Seminar organized by the Inter-American Juridical Committee and the Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA) in February 1997. Edited in the original language in which the conferences were given. [more information]