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Private
International Law is the legal framework composed of
conventions, protocols, model laws, legal guides, uniform
documents, as well as other documents and instruments, which
regulates relationships between individuals in an
international context.
The
[OAS]
through the Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA), plays
a central role in the harmonization and codification of
Private International Law in the Western Hemisphere.
The principal component of this work is
the
[Inter-American Specialized Conferences on Private
International Law], which the OAS recurrently hosts
approximately every four to six years. Known for its acronym
in Spanish as CIDIP, these Conferences have produced 26
widely enacted international instruments (including
conventions, protocols, uniform documents and model laws),
which shape the Inter-American Private Law framework.
The first of these Conferences,
[CIDIP-I], was held in Panama City, Panama in 1975. The most recent
Conference, [CIDIP-VI], was held at OAS headquarters in
Washington, D.C. in 2002. The forthcoming Conference,
[CIDIP-VII], was convened by the [OAS]
General Assembly in June 2003.
This resource provides information on
[Instruments adopted by CIDIP Conferences] (either
chronologically or
by topic),
as well as information on the Secretariat’s activities in
this area and recent news. |
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