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PERMANENT COUNCIL OEA/Ser.G CP/doc.4547/11 1 March 2011 Original: English ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE TO THE FORTY-FIRST REGULAR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE 76th REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser.Q/XIX.40 August 2 to 13, 2010 CJI/doc.336/10 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 August 2010 Original: Spanish ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2010 General Secretariat Organization of the American States www.oas.org/cji [email protected] 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 Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs 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). iii TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE EXPLANATORY NOTE..................................................................................................................................iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................... v RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE........................... vii DOCUMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT............................................................................ ix INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 CHAPTER I ............................................................................................................................................... 5 1. THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE: ITS ORIGIN, LEGAL BASES, STRUCTURE AND PURPOSES................................................................................................................. 7 2. PERIOD COVERED BY THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE..................................................................................................................... 8 CHAPTER II 17 TOPICS DISCUSSED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE AT THE REGULAR SESSIONS HELD IN 2010 .......................................................................................... 19 1. INNOVATIVE FORMS OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN THE AMERICAS............................................ 21 2. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ...................................................................................... 31 3. CONSIDERATIONS ON AN INTER-AMERICAN JURISDICTION OF JUSTICE ................................ 91 4. PROMOTION AND STRENGTHENING OF DEMOCRACY ............................................................. 93 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE OAS MEMBER STATES ........................................................................................................................ 119 6. CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ............................ 145 7. MIGRATORY TOPICS ........................................................................................................... 153 8. REFUGEES/ASYLUM............................................................................................................ 169 9. FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION .......................................................................... 185 10. TOPICS ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW ........................................................................ 201 NEW TOPICS .................................................................................................................................... 211 1. PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ............................................... 211 2. PEACE, SECURITY, AND COOPERATION............................................................................... 212 3. SIMPLIFIED STOCK COMPANIES (SAS) ................................................................................ 213 CONCLUDED TOPICS................................................................................................................................. 214 1. STRENGTHENING THE CONSULTATIVE FUNCTION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE ............................................................................................... 214 2. THE STRUGGLE AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND INTOLERANCE IN THE AMERICAS ............ 228 OTHER ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE DURING 2010 ................................................................................... 244 A. PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE................................................................................................................. 244 B. COURSE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW ..................................................................................... 244 C. RELATIONS AND COOPERATION WITH OTHER INTER-AMERICAN BODIES AND WITH SIMILAR REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS ................................................... 248 INDEXES .................................................................................................................................... 251 ONOMASTIC INDEX................................................................................................................................... 253 SUBJECT INDEX .................................................................................................................................... 255 v RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE Page CJI/RES. 165 (LXXVI-O/10) DATE AND VENUE OF THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE...9 CJI/RES. 161 (LXXV-O/09) AGENDA FOR THE SEVENTY-SIXTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE ............................ (Lima, Peru, 15 to 24 March 2010) ...........................................................9 CJI/RES. 164 (LXXVI-O/10) TRIBUTE TO DR. JAIME APARICIO OTERO....................................10 CJI/RES. 166 (LXXVI-O/10) HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF DR. TATIANA B. DE MAEKELT........................................................................................11 CJI/RES. 163 (LXXVI-O/10) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF PERU .................................................................................12 CJI/RES. 167 (LXXVI-O/10) AGENDA FOR THE SEVENTY–SEVENTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE (Rio de Janeiro, August 2 to 13, 2010) ....................................................14 CJI/RES. 168 (LXXVII-O/10) DATE AND VENUE OF THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE.15 CJI/RES. 169 (LXXVII-O/10) AGENDA FOR THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE (Rio de Janeiro, as of March 21, 2011)....................................................15 CJI/RES. 170 (LXXVII-O/10) PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS ............................168 vii DOCUMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT Page CJI/doc.353/10 COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING OF JUDGES: A NEED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ................................................................................. (presented by Dr. Freddy Castillo Castellanos) ............................................................ 26 CJI/doc.361/10 INNOVATIVE FORMS OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE ...................................................... (presented by Dr. Freddy Castillo Castellanos) ............................................................ 27 CJI/doc.348/10 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (presented by Dr. Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra) ...................................................... 42 CJI/doc.349/10 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS (presented by Dr. Jorge Palacios Treviño).................................................................... 48 CJI/doc.352/10 rev.1 PROGRESS REPORT ON EFFORTS TOWARD ADOPTING NATIONAL LEGISLATION BASED ON GUIDELINES OF PRINCIPLESOF THE INTER- AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE AND TRAINING OF EMPLOYEES FOR THE COOPERATION OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE OAS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND THE DRAFTING OF MODEL LAWS FOR THE CRIMES CONTEMPLATED IN THE ROME STATUTE (presented by Dr. Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa) .............................................................. 52 CJI/doc.360/10 rev.1 REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES ON PROMOTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF MODEL TEXTS FOR CRIMES CONTEMPLATED IN THE ROME STATUTE............................................................................................................ (presented by Dr. Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa) .............................................................. 75 CJI/doc.355/10 corr.1 PROMOTION AND STRENGTHENING OF DEMOCRACY ...................................... (presented by Dr. Jean-Paul Hubert)........................................................................... 101 CJI/doc.328/09 rev.1 WAR CRIMES IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (presented by Dr. Jorge Palacios Treviño).................................................................. 128 CJI/doc.357/10