OEA - CP - Resolución CP INF 10881

OEA/Ser.G CP/INF.10881/26 17 March 2026

Original: Spanish NOTE FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

TO THE PERMANENT COUNCIL FORWARDING THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE

108TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE

(Panama City, Panama, March 2 to 6, 2026)

PERMANENT COUNCILAv. Marechal Floriano, 196 – 3º andar Palácio Itamaraty – Centro - Rio de Janeiro, RJ – 20080-002 – Brazil | E-mail: ddi@oas.org

SAJ/DDI

Washington, D.C., March 13, 2026 His Excellency Ambassador Luis Ernesto Vargas Chair of the Permanent Council Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OAS Excellency: I have the honor to address Your Excellency to forward, through you, to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States the resolutions adopted by the Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI) at its recent regular session, as follows:  Resolution CJI/RES. 307 (CVIII-O/26), “Agenda for the One Hundred and Ninth Regular Session of the Inter-American Juridical Committee”  Resolution CJI/RES. 308 (CVIII-O/26), “In Appreciation to the Government of Panama” The aforementioned documents were adopted by the CJI at its 108th regular session, held in Panama City, Panama, from March 2 to 6, 2026, with the request that they be submitted to the Permanent Council for consideration. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. Luis Toro Utillano Director (Acting) Department of International Law Technical Secretariat of the Inter-American Juridical Committee

Enc.3 108th REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser.Q March 2 to 6, 2026 CJI/RES. 307 (CVIII-O/26)

Luis Toro Utillano Director (Acting) Department of International Law Technical Secretariat of the Inter-American Juridical Committee

Enc.3 108th REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser.Q March 2 to 6, 2026 CJI/RES. 307 (CVIII-O/26)

Panama City, Panama 6 March 2026

Original: Spanish CJI/RES. 307 (CVIII-O/26) AGENDA FOR THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE

INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE

(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 3 - 12 August, 2026)

Current Topics:

1. Strengthening the Accountability Regime in the use of Information and Communication

Technologies

Rapporteur: Dr. Martha del Carmen Luna Véliz

2. Legal Implications of the Sea Level Rise in the Inter-American Regional Context

Rapporteur: Dr. Julio José Rojas-Báez

3. Corporate Responsibility of Manufacturers and Sellers of Weapons in the Area of Human

Rights

Rapporteur: Dr. Alejandro Alday González

4. Approach to the New Outer Space Law Rapporteur: To be determined

5. The Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Technologies in the Judicial Branch and its Impact on

Human Rights

Rapporteur: Dr. Alejandra Valencia Gartner

6. Selection Procedures and Representativeness in the Context of Judicial Independence

Rapporteur: Dr. Nienke Grossman

7. Updating Inter-American Legal Cooperation in Criminal Matters and Extradition

Rapporteur: Dr. Claudio Troncoso Repetto

8. International Legal Framework Applicable to the Impact of Satellite Constellations on the Darkness of the Skies and the Consequences for Astronomical Observations, Highlighting the Inalienable Right of All Countries to Use and Explore Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes

Rapporteur: Dr. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo

9. The Legal Implications of Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations

Rapporteurs: Drs. Eric P. Rudge and Gabriel Orellana Rojas

10. International Public Policy in Comparative Law

Rapporteur: Dr. Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre4

11. Right to Compulsory Primary Education in the Americas with a Focus on Indigenous Peoples and People of African Descent Rapporteur: Dr. Eric P. Rudge This resolution was unanimously approved at the Regular Session held on March 6, 2026, by the following members: Doctors Eric P. Rudge, Nienke Grossman, Martha del Carmen Luna Véliz, Vogly Nahum Pongnon, Alejandra Valencia Gartner, Gabriel Orellana Rojas, Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre

and Julio José Rojas-Báez.5 108th REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser. Q March 2 to 6, 2026 CJI/RES. 308 (CVIIIO/26) Panama City, Panama 6 March 2026

Original: Spanish CJI/RES. 308 (CVIII-O/26)

IN APPRECIATION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PANAMA THE INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE, HAVING accepted the cordial invitation of the Government of Panama to hold its 108th Regular Session in Panama City, Panama, from March 2 - 6, 2026; RECOGNIZING the efforts put forth by the Government of Panama to ensure the successful organization and celebration of the Regular Session of the Inter-American Juridical Committee,

RESOLVES:

1. To express its deepest gratitude to the Government of Panama for its warm and generous welcome, expressing its special gratitude to Dr. Martha del Carmen Luna Véliz of the InterAmerican Juridical Committee for all her efforts in her capacity as a member of the Committee.

2. To place on record the importance to the Committee of having convened its 108th Regular Session in this country, underscoring the opportunity its members had to meet with

American Juridical Committee for all her efforts in her capacity as a member of the Committee.

2. To place on record the importance to the Committee of having convened its 108th Regular Session in this country, underscoring the opportunity its members had to meet with distinguished governmental and diplomatic authorities, as well as representatives of the academic community and students from Panama.

3. To convey this resolution as an expression of its gratitude to the Government of Panama, through its Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chancellor Javier Martínez Acha Vásquez.

This resolution was unanimously approved at the regular session held on March 6, 2026, by the following members: Doctors Eric P. Rudge, Nienke Grossman, Martha del Carmen Luna Véliz, Vogly Nahum Pongnon, Alejandra Valencia Gartner, Gabriel Orellana Rojas, Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre and Julio José Rojas-Báez.