AG/RES. 1561 (XXVIII-O/98)

ENHANCEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE AMERICAS

(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 2, 1998)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Permanent Council on enhancement of the administration of justice in the Americas (AG/doc.3718/98), submitted in compliance with resolution AG/RES. 1481 (XXVII-O/97);

CONSIDERING that the General Assembly, in resolution AG/RES. 1481 (XXVII-O/97), reaffirmed the desirability of carrying out activities to achieve greater judicial cooperation in the region and to increase awareness of international rules of law, in particular those originating in the inter-American system;

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the provisions of the Declaration of Panama on the Inter-American Contribution to the Development and Codification of International Law [AG/DEC. 12 (XXVI-O/96)], in particular paragraphs 12 and 13;

BEARING IN MIND that the Heads of State and Government, at the Second Summit of the Americas, held in Santiago, Chile, decided to approve the holding of such activities within the framework of the Organization; and

CONSIDERING that various successful activities have been in progress in this area,

RESOLVES:

1. To instruct the Permanent Council, in coordination with the General Secretariat and the Inter-American Juridical Committee, in collaboration with national and international institutions involved with this subject, and in keeping with resources allocated in the program-budget and other resources, to continue to organize seminars or workshops aimed at achieving greater judicial cooperation in the region and at increasing awareness of international rules of law, in particular those originating in the inter-American system, and to consider and forward through appropriate channels any requests put to the Organization by member states for assistance in improving the administration of justice in their countries.

2. To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly in due course on the implementation of this resolution.