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Department of International Law
A. Structure
1. The Department of International Law and its staff are
under the overall direction, supervision, and control of the
director of the Department, who answers to the secretary for
legal affairs, in accordance with the legal system of the
Organization and with the provisions of this Executive
Order.
B. Functions
1. Advises the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Council, the
General Secretariat, and other organs, agencies, and
entities of the OAS on matters of [public]
and [private]
international law and the statutory and regulatory aspects
of the functioning of those bodies.
2. Provides secretariat support to the [Inter-American
Juridical Committee].
3. Provides technical secretariat services on matters
related to [indigenous
peoples], the organs, agencies, and entities of the OAS,
as well as its committees and working groups and exercises
general coordination within the General Secretariat.
4. Provides secretariat support to the Working Group to
Examine the Progress Reports of the States Parties to the
Protocol of San Salvador in accordance with the Standards
for the Preparation of Periodic Reports pursuant to Article
19 of the Protocol of San Salvador.
5. Advises the [inter-American
specialized conferences] on matters of public and
private international law.
6. Prepares and coordinates studies and research on topics
related to the development and codification of [public]
and [private]
international law.
7. Supports, through studies and documents, activities
geared toward the standardization and harmonization of laws
on [public] and [private]
international law in the member states, including the legal
aspects of economic integration in the regional context.
8. Serves as depository of [inter-American
multilateral treaties], a function entrusted to the
General Secretariat by the [OAS
Charter].
9. Serves as depository of [bilateral
agreements] concluded by OAS organs with American states
or with other inter-American organizations or national
entities of member or permanent observer states, and of
agreements concluded among member states for which the
General Secretariat has been designated as depository.
10. Publishes an [electronic database]
on inter-American treaties.
11. Provides legal program content for projects and
activities in the priority areas and assists them in
developing proposals on conventions or “model” laws, as
requested.
12. In coordination with other bodies of the Organization
and with governmental and nongovernmental institutions,
promotes [courses, meetings,
and seminars] on legal topics of interest to the
Hemisphere.
13. [Publishes] and releases
studies and reports prepared by the [Inter-American
Juridical Committee], by the [inter-American
specialized conferences] on legal topics, and by the
Secretariat for Legal Affairs.
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