UNASUR Moves to Regional
Legislation
CARACAS - Experts of the
Union of South American
Nations (UNASUR) took
the firststeps to create
a regional system in
legal issues, as part of
the integration process
that is currently in
progress.
In three days of
meetings at the 3rd
UNASUR Judicial Power
President Summit, the
participants achieved
agreements in issues as
extradition,
exhortation, alternative
mechanisms to solve
conflicts and exequatur.
The final statement of
the meeting held in
Margarita Island, in the
Venezuelan Caribbean,
highlighted the need to
establish mechanisms to
facilitate extradition
and create center for
conciliation and
arbitration to make
progress in the regional
project.
Brazilian, Paraguayan,
Chilean, Peruvian,
Panamanian, Uruguayan
and Venezuelan Judicial
Power presidents debated
an extensive spectrum of
issues, which included
the need to sign
protocols to unify
sentence proceedings.
The proposal of a
regional center for
conciliation and
arbitration was
presented by Colombia
and Chile, reported
Peruvian Supreme Court
President Francisco
Tavara, who supported
his country's
initiative.
The objective is to
create an institution to
resolve controversies
that might emerge when
implementing cooperation
programs, as contracts
for large public
infrastructure works and
others.
Paraguayan Supreme Court
President Victor Manuel
Nuñez defended the
signing of protocols to
unify the proceedings
for foreign sentences in
national spheres.
UNASUR needs to be agile
in dealing with
international problems,
and its concept of
integration has to be
extensive and global,
and in this respect, we
share the integrationist
idea, he said.
The meeting was led by
Venezuelan Supreme Court
of Justice President
Luisa Estela Morales,
with participation of
President Hugo Chavez.
Morales explained that
the Summit was summoned
to pave the way to
cooperation among
regional countries and
avoid hindrances that
could arise to achieve a
true unity in justice
administration.
The first meeting of
this kind was held in
Chile in 2007 and the
second was held in Peru
in 2008. |
