ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE IAJC 63rd REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser.Q/VI.34 August 4 to 29, 2003 CJI/doc.145/03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 29 August 2003 Original: Spanish ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2003 ii iii EXPLANATORY NOTE Up until 1990, the OAS General Secretariat had published the Minutes of meetings and Annual Reports of the Inter-American Juridical Committee under the series classified as Reports and Recommendations. Starting in 1997, the Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs of the OAS General Secretariat again started to publish those documents, this time under the title Annual report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee to the General Assembly. Under 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). iv v TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 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 in this Annual Report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee....................9 A. Sixty-second regular session ............................................................................................9 B. Sixty-third regular session...............................................................................................14 CHAPTER II ...........................................................................................................................................19 TOPICS DISCUSSED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE AT THE REGULAR SESSIONS HELD IN 2003 ........................................................................21 1. Applicable law and competency of international jurisdiction with respect to extracontractual civil liability ..................................................................................................23 2. Cartels in the framework of competition law in the Americas ...............................................167 3. Seventh Specialized Inter-American Conference on Private International Law - CIDIP- VII ........................................................................................................................................233 4. Improving the systems of administration of justice in the Americas: access to justice.........235 5. Preparation for the commemoration of the centennial of the Inter-American Juridical Committee ...........................................................................................................................241 6. Fifth Joint Meeting with Legal Advisers of the Foreign Ministries of OAS Member States ..................................................................................................................................243 7. Juridical aspects of inter-American hemispheric security.....................................................249 8. Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter ..................................................253 9. Preparation of a Draft Inter-American Convention Against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance............................................................................................259 10. Right to information: access to and protection of information and personal data ...............259 11. Juridical aspects of enforcement by the internal jurisdiction of States of sentences of international tribunals or other international organs with jurisdictional functions ................261 CHAPTER III ........................................................................................................................................263 OTHER ACTIVITIES ..........................................................................................................265 Activities carried out by the Inter-American Juridical Committee in 2003.........................265 A. Presentation of the Annual report of the Inter-American Juridical Committee .....................265 B. Course on International Law.................................................................................................265 C. Relations and forms of cooperation with other inter-American organs and entities and with like regional or world organizations .............................................................................271 INDEXES..............................................................................................................................................283 ONOMASTIC INDEX..........................................................................................................285 SUBJECT INDEX ...............................................................................................................289 vi vii RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE CJI/RES.51 (LXII-O/03) HOMAGE IN MEMORY OF DR. SEYMOUR J. RUBIN................................10 CJI/RES.52 (LXII-O/03) EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TO THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT ......10 CJI/RES.49 (LXI-O/02) AGENDA FOR THE 62ND REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER- AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10 - 21 March 2003) ................................................11 CJI/RES.56 (LXII-O/03) DATE AND PLACE OF THE 63RD REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE.............................................14 CJI/RES. 57 (LXIII-O/03) ABSENCE OF DOCTOR KENNETH O. RATTRAY FROM THE REGULAR PERIODS OF SESSIONS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE OF MARCH AND AUGUST 2003.......................15 CJI/RES.60 (LXIII-O/03) HOMAGE TO DR. CARLOS MANUEL VÁZQUEZ .......................................15 CJI/RES.54 (LXII-O/03) AGENDA FOR THE 63rd REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER- AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 4–29 August 2003) ..................................................16 CJI/RES.66 (LXIII-O/03) AGENDA FOR THE 64TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER- AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8 to 19 March 2004).................................................17 CJI/RES.63 (LXIII-O/03) DATE AND VENUE OF THE 64TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE.............................................18 CJI/RES.55 (LXII-O/03) APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENCE OF INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION ON NON-CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY................................28 CJI/RES.59 (LXIII-O/03) THE APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENCY OF INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION WITH RESPECT TO EXTRACONTRACTUAL CIVIL LIABILITY ......................................................................................................29 CJI/RES.58 (LXIII-O/03) CARTELS IN THE SCOPE OF THE COMPETITION LAW IN THE AMERICAS..................................................................................................170 CJI/RES. 53 (LXII-O/03) FIFTH JOINT MEETING WITH THE LEGAL ADVISORS OF THE MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE OAS.....................................................................................................245 CJI/RES.62 (LXIII-O/03) EXPRESSION OF THANKS TO THE ANDEAN CORPORATION FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR LENDING SUPPORT TO THE V JOINT MEETING WITH THE LEGAL ADVISORS OF THE MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE OAS HELD ON 25-26 AUGUST 2003 IN THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO .................246 CJI/RES.65 (LXIII-O/03) LEGAL ASPECTS OF INTER-AMERICAN SECURITY ............................250 CJI/RES.64 (LXIII-O/03) APPLICATION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CHARTER ...................................................................................................253 CJI/RES.67 (LXIII-O/03) LEGAL ASPECTS CONCERNING STATES COMPLYING INTERNALLY WITH SENTENCES PASSED BY INTERNATIONAL COURTS OR OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH JURISDICTIONAL FUNCTIONS.................................................................261 CJI/RES.61 (LXIII-O/03) RECOGNITION TO THE SECRETARIAT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS.............270 viii ix DOCUMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT CJI/doc.117/03 WORKING PROGRAMME OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE: examination of topics to be included in the future working programme of the IAJC (presented by Dr. Felipe Paolillo) 12 CJI/doc.97/02 RECOMMENDATIONS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS PROPOSED TO THE TOPIC RELATED TO THE LAW APPLICABLE TO INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTIONAL COMPETENCE WITH REGARD TO EXTRACONTRACTUAL CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY (presented by Dr. Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra) 31 CJI/doc.104/02 rev.2 THE DESIRABILITY OF PURSUING THE NEGOTIATION OF AN INTER- AMERICAN INSTRUMENT ON CHOICE OF LAW AND COMPETENCY OF INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION WITH RESPECT TO NON- CONTRACTUAL CIVIL LIABILITY: A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS AND AGENDA FOR RESEARCH (presented by Dr. Carlos Manuel Vázquez) 44 CJI/doc.119/03 THE APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENCY