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Structure of the Network

Structure of the Network. Inter-American Network of Cooperation in Family and Child Law. Structure of the Meeting. 1. Background 2. Tools 3. Public Component 4. Private Component 5. Secure Communication 6. Conclusions. Background: Mandates. Charter of the OAS Panama Declaration

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Structure of the Network

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  1. Structure of the Network Inter-American Network of Cooperation in Family and Child Law

  2. Structure of the Meeting 1. Background 2. Tools 3. Public Component 4. Private Component 5. Secure Communication 6. Conclusions

  3. Background: Mandates • Charter of the OAS • Panama Declaration • Summits of the Americas • Ministers of Justice • General Assembly • Inter-Americans conventions.

  4. Ministers of Justice • REMJA-VI: Hemispheric Legal Cooperation in Civil, Commercial and Family Law: exchange of nacional experiences and legal and judicial cooperation within the Inter-American context. • REMJA-VII:Recommendations of legal cooperation: designation of central authorities under the Inter-American conventios; SG requested (IIN) the collation and diffusion in the website, creation of a network and support for these activities.

  5. REMJA-VII OAS/Ser.K/XXXIV.7.1 • 28 – 30 April, 2008 REMJA-VII/doc. 7/08 • Washington, D.C. April 30 2008 • Conclusions and Recommendations of REMJA-VII • Legal Cooperation in Family and Child law

  6. Charter of the OAS • Establishes as an essential purpose the development of a justice order within the Americas and the search for legal solutions to the problems that arise between its citizens and/or states. • Protection and full exercise of the rights of the most vulnerable populations, including women and children (Charter of the OAS, Articles 1 and 2)

  7. Panama Declaration • Paname Declaration: Inter-American contribution to the development and codification of International Law: strong commitment to the codification and progressive development of international law. • GA’s commitment with the legal strengthening of the institutions of the states and with legal cooperation, to strengthen the links of cooperation and coordination between states.  (Declaration sixth principle)

  8. Summits of the Americas: Childhood • Regional system of information about the rights of the child. Governments commit to promote the adoption of legal, educational and social measures, as well as international cooperation, with the purpose of fighting physical and sexual abuse, traffic in minors and child exploitation in all of its forms. (PA 2nd Summit) • Urge to adhere to the treaties that incorporate the rights of the child, and to incorporate the topic in organs, organisms and entities of the OAS. (D y PA 3rd Summit)

  9. Summits of the Americas: Cooperation • Urged all of the countries to consolidate a Hemispheric Network of Exchange of Information for Judicial Assistance (PA IV Summit) • Urged the states to actively participate in the resulting network of legal cooperation(Extraordinary Summit)

  10. Inter-American Conventions • Rogatory Letters:System of official requests within the Inter-American system to facilitate cooperation between states • Abduction of Minors:Support for the identification, care and repatriation of the minor via the central authorities • Traffic in Minors:Tracking down and restitution of minors, cooperation, and exchange of information on the matter

  11. Additional Mandates • General Assembly • Executive orders • Inter-American program • Member states

  12. First step • Study of Ratifications of and Adhesions to the Inter-American Conventions on matters of cooperation • Ratification of treaties • Designation of Central Authorities • Precursor of the creation of a Network of Legal Cooperation

  13. Central Authorities Fourteen Conventions of Legal Cooperation that require designation of central authorities 46% 41%

  14. Importance • Facilitate cooperation and mutual assistance between states • Provides the legal basis for legal practitioners and users of the Inter-American system • Supports the implementation of rules of international law and the solution of controversies • Legitimates the system of Inter-American treaties

  15. Goals of the project • DESIGNATE: Designate central authorities for those states and instruments that are not part of the system. • UPDATE:Require those states that have designated their central authorities to update them to verify the information. . • STANDARDIZE:Create a uniform/standardized system for the designation and actualization of Central Authorities, based on reliable, complete and updated information in a user-friendly, simple format. • NETWORK:Create a network of central authorities under the Inter-American conventions.

  16. Components: • ANALYSIS: Tables analyzing the inter-american conventions on judicial cooperation • NATIONAL STUDIES: Individual studies per state that analyze the status of designation of central authorities under the conventions to which the state is a party • STANDARD FORM: Presentation and use of the new format of the OAS for the designation of central authorities • INTERNET SITE: Storage and diffusion, by the Department of International Law, of the relevant information of those designations

  17. Tablas de Designacion

  18. National Studies Components: • Determines the number of instruments of international cooperation to which the states is a party • Analyses the conventions under which the states has designated central authorities • Lists the central authorities whose designation is pending • Provides detailed information to comply with the obligation of designated such central authorities • Requires submittal of information to the General Secretariat

  19. Standard Form

  20. Organization of American States Treaties Page

  21. Network of Cooperation Public site + Tools Private site + Secure mail +

  22. Organization of American States Public site [Componente Privado] Acceso por país *** Página en construcción *** ▪ Introducción La Red de Cooperación Jurídica Hemisférica en Materia de Derecho de Familia y Niñez (“la Red”) se originó en la “Séptima Reunión de Ministros de Justicia u otros Ministros, Procuradores o Fiscales Generales de las Américas” (REMJA VII). En dicha reunión se encomendó a la Secretaría General (Secretaría de Asuntos Jurídicos) la creación de un proyecto interamericano de cooperación jurídica y asistencia mutua en materia de derecho de familia y niñez. Con base en las cuatro convenciones interamericanas sobre derecho internacional de familia acordadas por la OEA (Convención Interamericana sobre Obligaciones Alimentarias, Convención Interamericana sobre Restitución Antigua y Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brasil Canada Chile Colombia Cota Rica Dominica

  23. Private site

  24. Secure Communication Storage AreaNetwork Windows 2003 64 bits Windows 2003 64 bits Windows 2003 64 bits

  25. Network of Cooperation

  26. Expected results: • Creation of a uniform/standardized system • Complete and updated network of authorities • Improvement in communication and cooperation between states and authorities • Enhancement of the implementation of Inter-American Conventions • Improvement in controversy solution

  27. Next steps: Process • Participation of 35 member states in the pilot project • Institucionalization of the Network • REMJA: Creation of a Working Group • REMJA: Presidency per state

  28. Next steps: Recommendations • Conclusions and Recommendations of the pilot meeting • Satisfaction with the tools • Preliminary recommendations

  29. Next steps: Calendar

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