Secretariat for Legal Affairs 2016 2017 SECRETARIAT FOR

Secretariat for Legal Affairs 2016 -2017

SECRETARIAT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS The SECRETARIAT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS is the area responsible for advising on the adoption, implementation and dissemination of inter-American legal norms. They constitute the basis of the inter-American legal system, help strengthen the rule of law, and provide the legal foundation for the various pillars of the Organization. www. oas. org/en/sla

SECRETARIAT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS • Programs: SLA Formulation and dissemination of inter-American legal norms. Promotion of Legal and Judicial Cooperation. Strengthening of the Rule of Law and of Inter-American Law. Provision of legal services to the various bodies in the Organization. Implementation of mechanisms and networks to ensure the application of, and compliance with, inter-American legal norms.

SECRETARIAT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS • Structure: SLA Executive Office of the Secretary Department of International Law Department of Legal Cooperation Department of Legal Services ** Part of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs since December 11, 2015 (Executive Order 08/01 Rev. 9) CJI REMJA MESICIC

HUMAN RESOURCES Executive Office of the Secretary and Administrative Section Human resources 2016: 1 Secretary 1 Assistant to the Secretary 1 Administrative Officer 1 Administrative Assistant Human resources 2017 (adjusted budget): 1 Secretary 1 Assistant to the Secretary 1 Administrative Officer 1 Administrative Assistant

HUMAN RESOURCES Department of International Law Human resources 2016: 1 Director 3 Principal Legal Advisors 1 Legal Officer 1 Assistant to the Director 1 I. T. specialist Human resources 2017 (adjusted budget): 1 Director 3 Principal Legal Advisors 1 Legal Officer (CPR) – position frozen 1 Assistant to the Director 1 I. T. Specialist

HUMAN RESOURCES Department of Legal Cooperation Human resources 2016: 1 Director 2 Principal Legal Advisors 2 Legal Officers 1 Legal Officer (Specific Funds) 1 Legal Officer (Specific Funds, CPR) 1 Department Assistant Human resources 2017 (adjusted budget): 1 Director 2 Principal Legal Advisors 1 Legal Officer (1 position transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary General [Permanent Council ] subsequent to the presentation of the proposed Program-Budget ) 1 Legal Officer (Specific Funds, CPR) 1 Department Assistant

HUMAN RESOURCES Department of Legal Services Human resources 2016: 1 Director 2 Principal Attorneys 4 Attorneys 1 Department Assistant Human resources 2017 (adjusted budget): 1 Director 2 Principal Attorneys 4 Attorneys 1 Department Assistant

Material Resources Budget Secretariat for Legal Affairs 2014 -2017 Material Resources Budget 2014 -2017 Executive Office of the Secretary and Administrative Section 40 37. 1 35 30 25 20 19 19 2016 2017 17. 9 15 10 5 0 2014 2015 No-Personal 2017 (A)

Material Resources Budget Department of International Law 2013 -2017 Material Resources Budget 2013 -2017 Department of International Law 60 56 50. 4 49. 5 50 49. 5 44. 1 40 30 20 10 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 No Personal 2017 (A)

Material Resources Budget Department of Legal Cooperation 2013 -2017 Material Resources Budget 2013 -2017 Department of Legal Cooperation 17 16. 8 16. 5 16. 2 16. 1 16 15. 5 15. 2 15 14 2013 2014 2015 2016 No -Personal 2017 (A)

Material Resources Budget Department of Legal Services 2013 -2017 Material Resources Budget 2013 -2017 Department of Legal Services 24. 5 24 24 23. 5 22. 8 23 22. 8 22. 6 22. 5 22 21. 3 21. 5 21 20. 5 20 19. 5 2013 2014 2015 2016 No-Personal 2017 (A)

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of International Law LEGAL SERVICES Assists the organs of the OAS with the formulation of legal norms, conventions, declarations, resolutions, model legislation and programs of action. GENERAL ASSEMBLY (General Committee) SPECIALIZED CONFERENCES (CIDIPs) MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT COUNCIL (CAJP and Working Groups) GENERAL SECRETARIAT INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of International Law Principal achievements and activities in 2012 -2016: I. Legal advice provided to the political organs in connection with the adoption of: • • Resolutions negotiated in the CAJP for adoption by the General Assembly. American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2016). Model Inter-American Law on Access to Public Information (2016). Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons (2015) • Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Related Forms of Intolerance (2013). • Inter-American Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance (2013).

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of International Law Principal achievements and activities in 2012 -2016: II. Technical and legal support provided to the Inter-American Juridical Committee in connection with the adoption of: • Legislative Guidelines on Privacy and Personal Data Protection in the Americas (2015). • Guidelines on the Protection of Stateless Persons (2015) • Guidelines for Managing Migration Issues in Bilateral Relations (2014) • Guiding Principles regarding Corporate Social Responsibility in the Field of Human Rights and the Environment in the Americas (2014). • Recommendations to the American States on Bi-National Border or Neighboring District Integration (2013). • Model Law on Simplified Joint Stock Companies (2012). • Model Legislation for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (2012)

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of International Law PROMOTION AND DISSEMINATION Safeguards the corpus of inter-American law, promotes its adoption and disseminates its content, with a view to it being implemented in the OAS member states. Preserves and disseminates the corpus of law Depository of conventions and bilateral agreements Legal agenda web page Course on international law Refresher (updating) courses Legal publications Database of experts and academics Assistance for member states with internal implementation of international norms Newsletter

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of International Law Specific current mandates on codification arising out of the last regular session of the General Assembly: 1. Access to public information - Resolutions: 2885 and 2886 2. Personal Data Protection - Resolutions: 2886 and 2894 3. Simplified Joint Stock Companies - Resolution: 2886 4. Protection of Cultural Property - Resolution: 2886 5. Corporations, Human Rights, and the Environment - Resolution: 2887

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of International Law Specific current mandates on the dissemination and implementation of international law arising out of the last regular session of the General Assembly 1. Inter-American Program for the Promotion and Development of International Law - Resolution: 2886 2. Private International Law - Resolution: 2886 3. Secured Transactions - Resolution: 2886 4. Arbitration - Resolution: 2886 5. Simplified Joint Stock Companies - Resolution: 2886 6. Personal Data Protection - Resolutions: 2886 and 2894 7. Public Defenders and Access to Justice - Resolution: 2887 8. Access to Public Information - Resolutions: 2885 and 2886.

DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL COOPERATION Provides legal advisory and technical secretariat services to the organs of the OAS and legal cooperation mechanisms for effective implementation of inter -American legal instruments and more robust hemispheric cooperation on justice, legal cooperation, and efforts to combat corruption, pursuant to the OAS Charter and the mandates of the Summits of the Americas and the General Assembly. www. oas. org/en/sla/dlc

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of Legal Cooperation LEGAL COOPERATION IN THE HEMISPHERE As the TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT for the REMJA, engages in concrete actions to strengthen inter-American legal cooperation on justice. Legal cooperation on Criminal Matters Develops legal instruments and cooperation and technological tools to facilitate mutual assistance, cooperation, and exchanges of information among central government authorities and make them more effective, efficient, and expeditious. Legal cooperation on Cybercrime Legal cooperation on Judicial Matters Strengthens cooperation and the capacities of States to develop legislation on cybercrime and the investigation, prosecution and punishment of cybercrime. Promotes actions to strengthen cooperation among States aimed at improving their public policies on judicial matters.

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of Legal Cooperation Principal achievement and activities within the REMJA framework in 2012 -2016: • Elimination of bureaucratic red tape in 20 States and of the double criminality requirement in mutual assistance in criminal matters in 11 States; and adoption of legislation for implementing extradition treaties in 22 States. • Holding of 12 regional workshops on Cybercrime, providing training to more than 600 lawmakers, prosecutors, and judges. • Completion of the review by the REMJA working group of a proposed additional protocol to the Nassau Convention on the use of new communication technologies and hearings conducted through videoconferencing. • Drafting of a proposed additional protocol to the Nassau Convention on joint investigation teams, and progress with its review in the REMJA working group. • Drafting of a proposed inter-American legal instrument on extradition, and progress with its review in the REMJA working group. • Maintenance of a website where States can access legal cooperation tools, such as model laws and guidelines on sound practices. • Maintenance of a Legal Cooperation on Criminal Matters Network as a service to States.

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of Legal Cooperation LEGAL COOPERATION AGAINST CORRUPTION As the TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT of MESICIC, engages in concrete actions to assist States with preventing and combating corruption within the framework of the Inter-American Convention and Program. Legal Cooperation in the framework of the MESICIC. Assists States with implementing the Inter. American Convention and strengthening their legal and institutional systems for preventing and combating corruption. Legal Cooperation in the framework of the Inter. American Program for Cooperation in the Fight against Corruption (AG/RES. 2894 (XLVI-0/16)) Promotes, disseminates, coordinates, and executes cooperation programs and projects in support of States' efforts to combat corruption.

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of Legal Cooperation Principal achievements and activities in the framework of the MESICIC and the Inter. American Program for Cooperation in the Fight against Corruption in 2012 -2016: • In the Fourth Round of Review, 30 on-site visits (856 authorities and 189 civil society representatives interviewed). • Adoption, in the same Round, of 31 country reports with recommendations to strengthen 139 high-level oversight bodies (Public Prosecutors' Offices, Supreme Courts, Offices of the Comptroller General, and so on). • Sharing among 31 countries of 85 best practices of their high-level supervisory bodies. • Adoption of the Fourth Hemispheric Report, which describes 1, 334 actions taken by countries to strengthen their legal and institutional instruments for fighting corruption.

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of Legal Cooperation Principal achievements and activities in the framework of the MESICIC and the Inter. American Program for Cooperation in the Fight against Corruption in 2012 -2016: • Adoption of two model laws on protection for whistleblowers and witnesses of acts of corruption and on declarations of net worth and interests and the use made of them by a number of States. • Start of the Fifth Round of Review (eight on-site visits and eight country reports with recommendations for strengthening the State's hiring, selection, and training of civil servants; and protection for whistleblowers denouncing acts of corruption). • Progress with guidelines on private sector responsibility in efforts to combat corruption. • Maintenance of the Anti-Corruption Portal of the Americas on the Internet, where States can access legal cooperation tools, such as model laws.

PROGRAMS, OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Department of Legal Services Principal achievements and activities in 2012 -2016: • The DLS replied in writing to more than 2, 500 queries/consultations by dependencies of the GS/OAS and by other OAS organs. • The DLS reviewed more than 500 contracts and agreements entered into by the various dependencies of the GS/OAS or associated with other OAS organs. • The DLS attended OAS meetings to provide legal advice as needed. • The DLS has been representing the General Secretariat before the Administrative Tribunal of the Organization.