Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards

The inter-American convention on extraterritorial validity of foreign judgments and arbitral awards is a convention of the Organization of American States regulating the enforcement of judgements and arbitral awards in other member states.[2] The convention was concluded in 1979 at the Second Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law and as of 2013 had 10 parties.[1]

Inter-American convention on extraterritorial validity of foreign judgments and arbitral awards
Signed8 May 1979[1]
LocationMontevideo, Uruguay[2]
Effective14 June 1980[1]
Condition2 ratifications
Signatories18[1]
Parties10[1]
DepositaryGeneral Secretariat of the Organization of American States[1]
LanguagesEnglish, French, Portuguese and Spanish[2]

Parties

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Country Signature Ratification/Acceptance Deposit of the instrument
of ratification/acceptance
  Argentina 1 December 1983 7 November 1983 1 December 1983
  Bolivia 8 February 1983 15 May 1998 8 October 1998
  Brazil 8 May 1979 31 August 1995 27 November 1995
  Chile 8 May 1979
  Colombia 8 May 1979 24 June 1981 10 September 1981
  Costa Rica 8 May 1979
  Dominican Republic 8 May 1979
  Ecuador 8 May 1979 5 May 1982 1 June 1982
  El Salvador 11 August 1980
  Guatemala 8 May 1979
  Haiti 8 May 1979
  Honduras 8 May 1979
  Mexico 2 December 1986 11 February 1987 12 June 1987
  Panama 8 May 1979
  Paraguay 8 May 1979 5 July 1985 16 August 1985
  Peru 8 May 1979 9 April 1980 15 May 1980
  Uruguay 8 May 1979 12 February 1980 15 May 1980
  Venezuela 8 May 1979 30 January 1985 28 February 1985

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "B-41: Inter-American convention on extraterritorial validity of foreign judgments and arbitral awards". OAS. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Inter-American convention on extraterritorial validity of foreign judgments and arbitral awards". OAS. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
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