OAS Policy Roundtables Series

The OAS Policy Roundtable Series seeks to link the best in policy thinking to the actions of the OAS in its Permanent Council and General Secretariat through promoting an informed dialogue between policy analysts, practitioners and diplomats.

Using a variety of formats, including lectures, panels, debates and open discussions, the OAS Roundtables will also help to inform the community of policy analysts, especially in Washington, DC, about the on-going programs of the institution.

Six to eight OAS Roundtables will be held per year and will highlight issues of concern in the inter-American agenda on development, security, human rights and democracy.

Speakers in each of the Roundtables will include outside analysts, senior OAS officials and dynamic commentators to promote a lively discussion.

 

OAS Policy Roundtable #22 XXIII OAS Policy Roundtable:"The European Union and the Americas: The Challenges of Multilateralism”
May 4th 2010
3:00 pm Hall of the Americas 17th Street and Constitution Ave.Washington, DC 20006

  • Program (english) | Program(Spanish)
  • BIOS of the panelists
  • Video | Photo gallery
  • Notes on the Roundtable discussion

 

OAS Policy Roundtable #22 OAS Policy Roundtable #22: “To launch the Inter-American Year of Women: Women and Power: for a World with Equality

February 25, 2010
3:00 PM- 5:30 PM
Hall of the Americas, OAS Main Building (17th Street and Constitution Ave.)

OAS Policy Roundtable #21

OAS Policy Roundtable #21: “Regional Peace, Development and Security: the Role of Regional Organizations and Civil Society”
November 23, 2009 - 10:00 Am- 12:30 PM

OAS Policy Roundtable #20

OAS Policy Roundtable #20: “Promoting Democracy and Inter-regional Cooperation”
November 19, 2009 - 3:30pm

OAS Policy Roundtable #19

OAS Policy Roundtable #19: “Challenges and Future of the Inter-American System on Human Rights"
November 11, 2009

OAS Policy Roundtable #18

OAS Policy Roundtable #18: “Learning to live together: Fostering integration, tolerance and diversity in the Americas"
September 11, 2009 - 3:00pm

OAS Policy Roundtable #17OAS Policy Roundtable #17: “Corporate Social Responsibility in a Time of Crisis”
September 1, 2009 - 10:30 AM

OAS Policy Roundtable #16OAS Policy Roundtable #16: Post summit briefing: "A New Beginning in Inter-American Relations?”
May 1st, 2009 - 10:00 - 12:00 pm

OAS Policy Roundtable #15: Latin American economic Outlook 2009
Presentation of the Latin American Economic Outlook Report 2009
March 24, 2009 - 3:30 - 5:15pm

OAS Policy Roundtable #14: The Financial Crisis, A Challenge to Democracy?
Presentation of the Latinobarometro Report 2008
February 26, 2009 - 3:30 - 4:30pm

OAS Policy Roundtable #13: fifth anniversary of the declaration on security in the americas: current perspectives and new challenges
February 19, 2009 - 3:00 - 6:00pm

OAS Policy Roundtable #12 in preparation for the Fifth Summit of the Americas: Promoting Environmental Sustainability in the Americas
February 17, 2009 - 3:00 - 5:00pm

OAS Policy Roundtable #11 in preparation for the Fifth Aummit of the Americas: Youth, Decent Work and Human Prosperity in the Americas co-sponsored by the international labor organization (ILO)
November 5, 2008 - 2:30 - 5:00pm

OAS Policy Roundtable #10OAS Policy Roundtable #10: Opportunities and challenges in the western hemisphere: perspectives from the united states congress
September 17, 2008 - 9:30-11:00am

OAS Policy Roundtable #9 OAS Policy Roundtable #9 and report launch: making the law work for everyone
June 13, 2008 - 10:00-11:30am

OAS Policy Roundtable #7OAS Policy Roundtable #7: Surveying the Americas: indicators and perceptions
April 9, 2008 - 3:00 - 4:30pm

OAS Policy Roundtable #6 OAS Policy Roundtable #6 and book launch: Saving the Americas: the dangerous decline of Latin America and what the U.S. must do - by Andres Oppenheimer
January 31, 2008 - 2:45 pm-4:15 pm

OAS Policy Roundtable # 5: Constitutional Reform in the Americas
November 27, 2007 - 3:00 pm-5:00 pm

OAS Policy Roundtable # 4: Building a Consensus on Trade Policy in an Era of Globalization
May 8, 2007 - 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

OAS Policy Roundtable # 3: Democracy and the Army in the 21st Century:  Lessons from the Chilean Experience
Monday, April 16, 2007 - 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

OAS Policy Roundtable: International Law: The U.S. Perspective 
March 6, 2007 - 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm

On March 6, 2007, the OAS held the Second OAS Policy Roundtable “International Law: the US Perspective.”  OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza opened the discussion by making general comments on the international legal system and by introducing the guest speaker, John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser to the United States Secretary of State.  Mr. Bellinger centered his speech on the country’s commitment to the rule of law.  The roundtable concluded with a question and answer session, moderated by Irene Klinger, Director of the Department of External Relations.

Mr. Bellinger highlighted the U.S. commitment to international with a number of recent examples, including a discussion of US efforts to comply with a recent decision of the International Court of Justice on consular notification under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.  Mr. Bellinger discussed the position of the United States with respect to the International Criminal Court (ICC), stating that the Rome Statute contained a number of serious flaws while stressing that the United States respected the rights of other states to become parties to the Rome Statute.  Mr. Bellinger emphasized that the U.S. shared with parties to the Rome Statute a commitment to prevent genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity and noted US support of international criminal tribunals in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.  Mr. Bellinger discussed “the global war on terror” and explained that this phrase is not intended to be a legal statement.  He reiterated that the U.S. does not believe that it is engaged in a legal state of armed conflict at all times with every terrorist group in the world or that military force is the appropriate response in every terrorist threat across the globe.  He noted that the U.S. would continue to rely on other tools, including law enforcement mechanisms, particularly in countries with functioning judicial systems.  Mr. Bellinger discussed the status of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, stating that the U.S. had developed specific rules and regulations governing the detention, interrogation and trial of unlawful enemy combatants in the Military Commissions Act and recent Department of Defense directives.  Mr. Bellinger also discussed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, noting that the U.S. took the work of the Commission seriously and regularly participates in Commission’s activities, filing detailed briefs in U.S. cases and sending large delegations to Commission hearings.

OAS Policy Roundtable: Surveying the Americas: Indicators and Perceptions (Latinobarometro)
January 30 - 3:00pm.