Welcome to the Department

The Department of International Law fulfills, along with other functions, the following mandates:

• Advises the organs, agencies and entities of the OAS,

• Promotes the development of international law; and

• Acts as official depository of inter-American treaties.

Latest Newsletters

February 13, 2015 - Inter- American Juridical Committee presents its annual report to the Juridical and Political Comittee of the Permanent Council (CAJP).

January 29, 2015 - Scholarships for the XLII Course on International Law Announced.

January 23, 2015 - Course on Fundamental Elements for Identification and Protection of Stateless Persons and Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness in the Americas (CJPA, 2015).

January 22, 2015 - Convocation to participate in the Fifteenth Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus.

December 18, 2014 - Secured Transactions Reforms: Advances in Jamaica and the Caribbean.

December 17, 2014 - Regional Capacity-Building Seminar on Secured Transactions Reform held in Peru.

December 10, 2014 - The CAJP meets to discuss Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data.

November 13, 2014 - The Department of International Law participates in the VIII Conference of the American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP) in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

October 30, 2014 - Fourth High Level Meeting on the Role of the Judiciary in International Commercial Arbitration.

October 23, 2014 - Draft OAS Model Law on the Simplified Stock Corporation (SAS) considered at Annual Meeting of ASORLAC.

October 15, 2014 - Department of International Law Launches Secured Transactions Webpage.

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Contact Us

Department of International Law
Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA)
Organization of American States
Corner of 19th Street and Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C., 20006, USA
Tel. + 1 202-370-0664
Fax + 1 202.458.3293
E-mail: [email protected]