Inter-American Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad

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international treaty multilateral treaty

The Inter-American Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad is a regional treaty that harmonizes and facilitates the cross-border collection of evidence in civil and commercial matters among member states of the Organization of American States.

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Label	Occurrences
Inter-American Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedUnder	Organization of American States NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	OAS member states that are parties to the convention ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple	international judicial cooperation ⓘ mutual assistance in civil matters ⓘ
beneficiary	litigants in civil and commercial proceedings involving foreign elements ⓘ
concerns	other evidentiary measures abroad ⓘ production of documents abroad ⓘ taking of testimony abroad ⓘ
goal	to increase efficiency of civil and commercial litigation involving foreign evidence ⓘ to reduce procedural obstacles to obtaining evidence abroad ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalArea	civil procedure ⓘ commercial law ⓘ private international law ⓘ
legalEffect	binds contracting states under international law ⓘ
legalNature	binding treaty among states ⓘ
mechanism	letters rogatory ⓘ requests between central authorities ⓘ
organization	Inter-American Juridical Committee (as drafting body, indirectly) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partyType	sovereign state ⓘ
providesFor	conditions and formalities for taking evidence abroad ⓘ execution of requests for evidence ⓘ procedures for requesting evidence abroad ⓘ use of evidence obtained abroad in civil and commercial proceedings ⓘ
purpose	to facilitate cross-border collection of evidence in civil and commercial cases ⓘ to harmonize rules on taking evidence abroad among OAS member states ⓘ to promote judicial cooperation among OAS member states ⓘ
region	Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Hague Evidence Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Inter-American conventions on letters rogatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	designation of central authorities by each contracting state ⓘ
scope	civil matters ⓘ commercial matters ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Organization of American States NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	cross-border collection of evidence ⓘ judicial cooperation in civil matters ⓘ taking of evidence abroad ⓘ
system	Inter-American System NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfCooperation	horizontal cooperation between national courts ⓘ
usedBy	central authorities designated by contracting states ⓘ courts of contracting states ⓘ

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Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad ⓘ