AG/RES. 2216 (XXXVI-O/06)
MEETING OF MINISTERS OF JUSTICE OR OF MINISTERS
OR ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE AMERICAS: STRENGTHENING THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE JUSTICE STUDIES CENTER OF THE AMERICAS
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 6, 2006)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the mandates assigned by the Third and the Fourth Summit of the Americas; resolution AG/RES. 1 (XXVI-E/99), which decided to establish the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA); resolution AG/RES. 2068 (XXXV-O/05), “Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas”; the Annual Report of the Permanent Council to the General Assembly (AG/doc.4548/06 add. 6 corr. 1), especially with respect to the implementation of resolution AG/RES. 2068 (XXXV-O/05); and resolution AG/RES. 2228 (XXXVI-O/06), “Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas”;
BEARING IN MIND, in particular, the mandate issued by the Fourth Summit of the Americas and the request of the ministers of justice or ministers or attorneys general of the Americas at REMJA-V, held in Washington, D.C., in 2004, that the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) prepare and submit a funding plan;
WELCOMING the presentation by the JSCA, at REMJA-VI, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in April 2006, of a funding plan that proposes a system of suggested voluntary contributions by member states to cover the JSCA’s basic costs;
NOTING that, according to that plan, the Center’s basic costs for central administration and for services provided on a regional basis through its Virtual Information Center and publications currently amount to US$675,000 a year;
CONSIDERING that, in the Conclusions and Recommendations of REMJA-VI, the ministers of justice and attorneys general recommended, with respect to the JSCA, that this suggested voluntary contribution plan proposed by the Center for the member states be presented to the OAS General Assembly for consideration at its thirty-sixth regular session, “taking into account that voluntary contributions by member states are indispensable to fund the Center’s basic operating costs”; and
APPRECIATING the report on the Center’s activities and its Report on Judicial Systems in the Americas 2004-2005, as well as the concrete initiatives fostered by the Center in recent years to strengthen justice systems in the Hemisphere,
RESOLVES:
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To urge member states to consider making voluntary contributions to the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) to cover its basic costs.
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That for the purposes contemplated in the foregoing operative paragraph, member states shall continue considering the proposals presented by the JSCA at each Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA).
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To encourage the JSCA to continue its work in research, dissemination, training, and technical assistance for justice reform projects in the Hemisphere.
AG/RES. 2217 (XXXVI-O/06)
SEVENTH INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 6, 2006)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the Annual Report of the Permanent Council to the General Assembly as it pertains to the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VII) (AG/doc.4548/06 add. 6 corr. 1);
CONSIDERING:
That the General Assembly, in resolution AG/RES. 1923 (XXXIII-O/03), convened the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VII) and, in resolution AG/RES. 2033 (XXXIV-O/04), instructed the Permanent Council to analyze the topics proposed by the member states for inclusion in the CIDIP-VII process;
That the General Assembly, in resolution AG/RES. 2065 (XXXV-O/05), agreed to two topics for the agenda of CIDIP-VII: Consumer Protection and Secured Transaction Registries, and requested the Permanent Council to establish a methodology for the preparatory work necessary to draft Inter-American instruments on these topics;
That the Permanent Council, though its Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP), agreed on the drafting of possible instruments on Consumer Protection (a Convention on Applicable Law, a Convention or Model Law on Jurisdiction, and a Model Law on Monetary Redress), as well as possible instruments on Secured Transactions Registries (Uniform Registration Forms, Guidelines for Movable Property Registries, and Guidelines for Electronic Registries); and
That the Permanent Council approved a methodology, as set forth in document CP/CAJP-2309/05, by which governmental and independent experts will participate in drafting these instruments on an Internet Discussion Forum developed and maintained by the Office of International Law of the Department of International Legal Affairs, at its Internet address,12/ and that several states have designated governmental experts to participate in this preparatory work, which has started through the Discussion Forum,
RESOLVES:
1. To instruct the Permanent Council to continue carrying out the preparatory work it considers necessary to prepare draft instruments on Consumer Protection and Secured Transactions Registries for adoption during the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VII).
2. To express its satisfaction with the creation of a group of experts for each CIDIP-VII topic, consisting of governmental and independent experts, as well as experts from other international organizations and the Inter-American Juridical Committee; and to urge member states that have not yet done so to designate governmental experts to participate in said groups.
3. To express its satisfaction with the current preparatory work, including the creation and launching of the Internet Discussion Forum developed by the Office of International Law of the Department of International Legal Affairs, through which the groups of experts will participate in the preparatory work.
4. To instruct the General Secretariat, through the Office of International Law of the Department of International Legal Affairs, to organize the necessary consultations by the groups of experts on preparation of the draft Inter-American instruments to be considered by CIDIP-VII and, if necessary, seek external funding for the preparatory and final work of this Conference.
5. To take note of the methodology adopted by the Permanent Council by which the groups of experts will participate in the preparatory work through the Internet Discussion Forum; and to encourage member states to host meetings of experts, as needed, to finalize the drafting of the inter-American instruments to be considered by CIDIP-VII.
6. To instruct the Permanent Council to set a date for CIDIP-VII once the preparatory work has been completed, within the resources allocated in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources, and to present a report on the implementation of this resolution to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh regular session.
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