Publications and Opinions of General Interest written by the Department /
Publicaciones y Opiniones de Inter�s General producidos por el Departamento

Structural Operations of the Organization of American States and its General Secretariat/Actividades fundamentales de la Organizaci�n de los Estados Americanos y de su Secretar�a General

• Secretary General Cesar Gaviria's Department of Legal Services 1994-2004.

• El Departamento de Servicios Legales durante la Gesti�n del Secretario General C�sar Gaviria 1994-2004.

• The Structure of the Organization of American States: A Summary.

• La Estructura de la Organizaci�n de los Estados Americanos: Una Rese�a.

• The Process of Technical Cooperation Within the Organization of American States: The Legal Blueprint.

• El Proceso de la Cooperacion Tecnica en la Organizacion de los Estados Americanos. El Marco Legal.

• Status of IICA within the Organization of American States.

• Inter-American Defense Board: Legal Options for Adopting the Organization's Stepchild.

• Request to Use Headquarters for Meeting of Organization In Which the Government of Cuba is a Member.

• Section-by-section analysis prepared by the Department of Legal Services is contained in "Draft Resolution: Career Service, (CP/CAAP-2618/02 rev. 1, May 9, 2002), adopted by the Permanent Council on May 15, 2002 (CP/doc.3601/02)."

• Reflections On The Restructuring Exercise Under Resolution AG/RES. 1836 (XXXI-O/01).

• Issues arising out of the Proposal of The United States Government to Create a Subsidiary Organ within CIDI to Replace the Current Apparatus for Administering CIDI Programs and Projects.

• Puntos que surgen de la Propuesta del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos sobre la Creaci�n de un Organo Subsidiario del CIDI en reemplazo del Sistema Actual de Administraci�n de los Programas y Proyectos del CIDI.

• Election of the Members of the Management Board of the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development.

• Elecci�n de los Miembros de la Junta Directiva de la Agencia Interamericana para la Cooperaci�n y el Desarrollo.

• Comentarios sobre el Art�culo Quinto de la Carta de la Organizaci�n de los Estados Americanos.

Privileges and Immunities/Privilegios e Inmunidades

• Inmunidad de Jurisdicci�n de Organizaciones Internacionales P�blicas en el Sistema Interamericano: Desarrollos y Preocupaciones.

• Immunity for International Organizations? Squaring the Concept of Immunity with The Fundamental Right to a Fair Trial: The Case of the OAS.

• Tax Exemption and Reimbursement for Employees of the General Secretariat on their OAS Income.

• Exenci�n y Reembolso de Impuestos de Funcionarios de la Secretar�a General con respecto a sus ingresos de la misma.

• Employment Laws of the United States and District of Columbia Applicable to Non-Diplomatic and Non-Civil Service Employees of Permanent Missions to OAS.

• Legislaci�n laboral de los Estados Unidos y del Distrito de Columbia aplicable al personal que no pertenece al servicio diplom�tico ni al servicio civil de las Misiones Permanentes ante la OEA.

• Privilegios e Inmunidades de las Organizaciones Internacionales: El Acuerdo de Sede entre la Organizaci�n de los Estados Americanos y los Estados Unidos

Miscellaneous/Miscel�neos

• Los setenta a�os de la OEA.

• Considering Hemispheric Challenges to Democracy and Judicial Independence.

• El Reconocimiento y Ejecuci�n de Sentencias Monetarias Extranjeras en los Estados Unidos de Am�rica.

• Tributaci�n y Federalismo en los Estados Unidos de Am�rica: Un Esquema.

• Reflections on the Use of Non-Judicial Dispute Mechanisms as a Response to the Latin American Debt Crisis: The Mexican Case.

• Mechanism for the Non-Judicial Resolution of Financial Disputes in the Americas, with a Focus on those Promoted by the Organization of American States.

• Remarks on Corruption, with a Focus on the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption.

• Observations on Estate Planning (with special remarks regarding G-4s, non-resident aliens, and non-US. Citizen Spouses).