Inter-American Convention on Proof of and Information on Foreign Law

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Inter-American convention international treaty multilateral treaty

The Inter-American Convention on Proof of and Information on Foreign Law is a regional treaty that facilitates cooperation among American states in obtaining and presenting information about each other’s legal systems for judicial and administrative proceedings.

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Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Inter-American convention ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
abbreviation	Convention on Proof of and Information on Foreign Law NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	states of the Organization of American States that are parties ⓘ
beneficiary	administrative authorities of states parties ⓘ courts of states parties ⓘ litigants in cross-border cases ⓘ
category	OAS treaty ⓘ treaty on international cooperation in civil matters ⓘ
function	facilitates mutual legal assistance regarding foreign law ⓘ regulates requests for reports on the content of foreign law ⓘ regulates transmission of information on foreign law between states ⓘ
goal	to improve certainty about the content of foreign law ⓘ to promote legal cooperation among American states ⓘ to reduce obstacles to the application of foreign law ⓘ
hasPartyType	sovereign state ⓘ
implementedBy	national legislation of states parties ⓘ
involves	authentication and transmission of legal information ⓘ exchange of official reports on foreign law ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalArea	international judicial cooperation ⓘ private international law ⓘ
legalEffect	binds only states that have ratified or acceded ⓘ
legalNature	binding on ratifying states under international law ⓘ
mechanism	designates central authorities in each state party ⓘ
principle	cooperation in good faith among states parties ⓘ facilitation of access to foreign law ⓘ
purpose	to facilitate cooperation among American states in obtaining information on foreign law ⓘ to facilitate proof of foreign law in administrative proceedings ⓘ to facilitate proof of foreign law in judicial proceedings ⓘ
region	Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedInstrument	other Inter-American conventions on legal cooperation ⓘ
relatedTo	Inter-American Specialized Conferences on Private International Law NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	administrative proceedings ⓘ judicial proceedings ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Organization of American States NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	information on foreign law ⓘ proof of foreign law ⓘ
usedFor	administrative procedures requiring application of foreign law ⓘ cross-border civil and commercial cases ⓘ family law cases involving foreign law ⓘ

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Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on Proof of and Information on Foreign Law ⓘ