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COMISSÃO JURÍDICA INTERAMERICANA COMITÉ JURÍDICO INTERAMERICANO INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE COMITE JURIDIQUE INTERAMERICAIN ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES Av. Marechal Floriano, 196 - 3 o andar - Palácio Itamaraty – Centro - Rio de Janeiro– RJ 20080-002 - Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 2206-9903; Fax (55-21) 2203-2090 e-mail: [email protected] Rio de Janeiro, February 1 st , 2008 CJI/O/01/2008 Excellency: I have the honor to address Your Excellency to request that you kindly forward to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States the attached Annual Report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee to the General Assembly (OEA/Ser.Q/VII.38 CJI/doc.286/07), regarding the activities of the Committee in 2007. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. Jean-Paul Hubert Chairman Inter-American Juridical Committee His Excellency José Miguel Insulza Secretary General Organization of American States Washington, D.C. U.S.A. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE 71 st REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser.Q/VII.38 July 30 th to August 10 th , 2007 CJI/doc.286/07 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 August 2007 Original: Spanish ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2007 EXPLANATORY NOTE Until 1990, the OAS General Secretariat published the “Final Acts” and “Annual Reports of the Inter-American Juridical Committee” under the series classified as “Reports and Recommendations”. In 1997, the International Law Department of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs (now the Office of International Law of the Department of International Legal Affairs) of the OAS General Secretariat began to publish those documents under the title “Annual Report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee to the General Assembly”. According to the “Classification Manual for the OAS official records series”, the Inter- American Juridical Committee is assigned the classification code OEA/Ser.Q, followed by CJI, to signify documents issued by this body (see attached lists of resolutions and documents). i ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page EXPLANATORY NOTE…………………………………………………………………….. i RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE iv DOCUMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT………………………………… v INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………….. 1 CHAPTER …………………………………………………………………………………… 5 1. The Inter-American Juridical Committee: its origin, legal bases, structure and purposes............................................................................................................................ 7 2. Period covered in this Annual Report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee............. 7 A. 70 th regular session....................................................................................................... 7 B. 71 st regular session....................................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER II………………………………………………………………………… 17 TOPICS DISCUSSED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE AT THE REGULAR SESSIONS HELD IN 2007………………………………………… 19 1. The scope of the right to identity........................................................................................ 21 2. International Criminal Court................................................................................................ 31 3. Access to information and protection of personal data....................................................... 45 4. Follow-up on the application of the Inter-American Democratic Charter............................ 83 5. The struggle against discrimination and intolerance.......................................................... 107 6. Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law - CIDIP-VII 113 7. Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in the OAS Member States................. 125 8. The legal status of migrant workers and their families in international law......................... 127 9. Administration of Justice in the Americas: judicial ethics and access to justice................. 153 10. Inter-American Court of Justice.......................................................................................... 165 11. Juridical-institutional cooperation with the Republic of Haiti............................................... 185 12. Proposal to support the founding of an Official Latin American Regional Bulletin............... 203 CHAPTER III………………………………………………………………………………… 209 OTHER ACTIVITIES………………………………………………………………………… 211 ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE IN 2007……… 211 A. Presentation of the Annual Report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee.................. 211 B. Course on International law............................................................................................. 212 C. Relations and forms of cooperation with other inter-American organizations and with similar regional or world organizations............................................................................... 219 INDEXES……………………………………………………………………………………… 247 ONOMASTIC INDEX………………………………………………………………………… 249 SUBJECT INDEX…………………………………………………………………………… 251 iii RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE Page CJI/RES.118 (LXX-O/07) TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF DR. RENATO IBEIRO ………… 8 CJI/RES.119 (LXX-O/07) DATE AND VENUE OF THE SEVENTY -FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER -AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE 9 TH CJI/RES.113 (LXIX-O/06) AGENDA FOR THE 70 REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER -AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE (R IO DE JANEIRO , MARCH 2007)…………………………….. 10 CJI/RES.120 (LXX-O/07) GRATITUDE TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE o F THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR ……………………………………... 11 CJI/RES.138 (LXXI-O/07) HOMAGE TO DR. EDUARDO VIO GROSSI ……………………….. 12 ST CJI/RES.128 (LXX-O/07) AGENDA FOR THE 71 REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER -AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE (R IO DE JANEIRO , AUGUST 2007)…………………………….. 13 ND CJI/RES.135 (LXXI-O/07) AGENDA FOR THE 72 REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER -AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE (R IO DE JANEIRO , 3 TO 14 MARCH 2008)……………………… 14 ND CJI/RES.136 (LXXI-O/07) DATE AND VENUE OF THE 72 REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER - AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE ……………………………… 15 CJI/RES.129 (LXXI-O/07) VOTE OF APPRECIATION OF THE INTER -AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE TO MR. JOSÉ MIGUEL INSULZA , SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ………… 15 CJI/RES.137 (LXXI-O/07) THE SCOPE OF THE RIGHT TO IDENTITY ………………………… 23 CJI/RES.125 (LXX-O/07) PROMOTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT …………… 32 CJI/RES.123 (LXX-O/07) RIGHT TO INFORMATION ………………………………………… 47 CJI/RES.130 (LXXI-O/07) ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA … 82 CJI/RES.132 (LXXI-O/07) FOLLOW -UP ON THE APPLICATION OF THE INTER -AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CHARTER … 87 CJI/RES.124 (LXX-O/07) THE STRUGGLE AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND INTOLERANCE IN THE AMERICAS 109 CJI/RES.122 (LXX-O/07) SEVENTH INTER -AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (CIDIP-VII)……………………… 123 CJI/RES.127 (LXX-O/07) THE LEGAL STATUS OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ……………………………………… 129 CJI/RES.131 (LXXI-O/07) THE LEGAL STATUS OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW ………… 151 CJI/RES.126 (LXX-O/07) ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE AMERICAS: JUDICIAL ETHICS AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE ……………………………………… 156 CJI/RES.121 (LXX-O/07) SOME COMMENTS ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE INTER -AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE OF OCCASION OF ITS CENTENARY …………… 169 CJI/RES.134 (LXXI-O/07) INTER -AMERICAN COURT OF JUSTICE (IACJ)…………………… 182 CJI/RES.133 (LXXI-O/07) JURIDICAL -INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION WITH THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI ………… 185 CJI/RES.117 (LXX-O/07) OFFICIAL LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL BULLETIN (BOREAL)…… 206 iv DOCUMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT Page CJI/doc.285/07 Explanation of Dissenting Vote on the Scope of the Right to Identity Resolution (presented by Dr. Antonio Fidel Pérez)…………………… 24 CJI/doc.276/07 rev.1 Opinion Adopted by the Inter-American Juridical Committee on the Scope of the Right to Identity………… 27 CJI/doc.256/07 rev.1 Promotion of the International Criminal Court (presented by Dr. Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa)………………………… 33 CJI/doc.25/00 rev.2 Right to Information: Access to and Protection of Information and Personal Data in Electronic Form (Updated by the Office of International Law of the Department of International Legal Affairs of the Report Submitted by Dr. Jonathan T. Fried at the 57 th Regular Session of the Inter-American Juridical Committee, CJI/doc.25/00 rev.1)……………………………………… 48 CJI/doc.239/07 Access to Information: Comment Regarding the Responses to the Questionnaire Sent by the Inter-American Juridical Committee to the OAS Member States (CJI/doc.232/06 rev.1, 17 August 2006) (presented by Dr. Jaime Aparicio) ……………………...80 CJI/doc.281/07 Reasoned Vote: Follow-Up on the Application of the Inter-American Democratic Charter (CJI/doc.274/07 rev. 2) (presented by Dr. Eduardo Vio Grossi)…………………… 88 CJI/doc.284/07 Explanation of Dissenting Vote on the Follow-Up on the Application of the Inter-American Democratic Charter Resolution (presented by Dr. Antonio Fidel Pérez)……… 88 CJI/doc.264/07 Report Concerning the Report of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States on the Implementation of the Inter- American Democratic Charter (presented by Dr. Antonio Fidel Pérez)………… 89 CJI/doc.258/07 Inter-American Juridical Committee Report on the ’Preliminary Draft Inter-American Convention Against Racism and all Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance’.