4.
To decide that the next Meeting of Central Authorities and Other Experts shall
continue building up and rendering more effective the mechanisms of mutual legal
assistance in criminal matters, and hemispheric cooperation in the matter of
extradition. To this end, the Meeting of Central Authorities and Other Experts will
be able to request input from the following bodies regarding the areas of their
competence: CICTE, CICAD, Consultative Committee of CIFTA, CIM, MESICIC,
Inter-American Children’s Institute, and the Inter-American Juridical Committee.
B.
HEMISPHERIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE NETWORK FOR MUTUAL
LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS
In view of the usefulness and importance of the Hemispheric Information Exchange Network
for Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, REMJA-V recommends as follows:
III.
1.
To decide to adopt the Hemispheric Information Exchange Network for Mutual Legal
Assistance in Criminal Matters and urge all Member States to implement its public
component and disseminate among the most interested users.
2.
That, since the network, under the leadership of a group consisting of Argentina,
Bahamas (The), Canada, and El Salvador, and administered by the OAS General
Secretariat, comprises data on all OAS Member States, information related to mutual
legal assistance in criminal matters and extradition should continue to be posted on
the public website.
3.
That States that have not yet done so identify a contact person to provide and update
the information made available via the network.
4.
To express satisfaction towards the development of the MLA secure e-mail pilot
project and recommends that all States take the appropriate measures to evaluate it
and that it continue to operate and be expanded to cover other States.
5.
To examine the possibility of exchanging information, in mutually interesting areas
and methodologies, with the Virtual Prosecution Office of Latin America.
PENITENTIARY AND PRISON POLICIES
Given the importance and advisability of continuing and reinforcing the exchange of
information and experiences as well as mutual cooperation with regard to penitentiary and prison
policies, REMJA-V recommends as follows:
1.
To express its satisfaction with the results and adopt the report of the First Meeting of
the Group of Officials Responsible for the Penitentiary and Prison Policies of the
OAS Member States (document OEA/Ser.K/XXXIV.5 REMJA-V/doc.6/04),
OEA/Ser.K/XXXIV.5 REMJA-V/doc.6/04), held at OAS headquarters on October 16
and 17, 2003, in keeping with a REMJA-IV decision.