[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 530-531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33830]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7714]


Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Notice of Renewal of Charter

    The Charter of the Department of State's Advisory Committee on 
Private International Law has been renewed, effective for a two-year 
period. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notification of 
the renewal was provided to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the 
House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Library of Congress on 
December 16, 2011. The Advisory Committee assists the State Department 
to monitor domestic and international developments in private 
international law; provides a means for state, local and private sector 
viewpoints to be made available to the Department; and provides 
information to assist in the development of positions for efforts to 
harmonize or negotiate uniform rules of private law at the 
international level through model national laws, legal guidelines, 
treaties, and other means.

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    The Advisory Committee focuses on work undertaken or proposed in 
various international bodies, including but not limited to the Hague 
Conference on Private International Law; the United Nations Commission 
on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Institute for 
the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), and the Organization of 
American States (OAS).
    Topics considered by the Advisory Committee have included, for 
example: jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments; party 
choice of forum; arbitration rules; enforcement of foreign arbitral 
awards; the protection of minors; inter-country adoption; child 
abduction; cross-border insolvency; electronic commerce; secured 
finance; carriage of goods by sea and by other modes of transportation; 
cross-border securities transactions; online dispute resolution; 
international leasing and franchising; and other topics of current 
interest in private law as they arise.
    Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public, and 
participation by the public is encouraged. Interested persons, 
organizations, academic centers and others can participate in all 
aspects of the Committee's work. Notices of meetings are published in 
the Federal Register at least 15 calendar days prior to the meeting 
date, unless circumstances require that the meeting be held with a 
shorter notice period. Interested parties can obtain additional 
information from the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private 
International Law (L/PIL), Department of State, at (202) 776-8420, fax 
776-8482, or by email to Tricia Smeltzer at [email protected].

    Dated: December 23, 2011.
Harold S. Burman,
Executive Director, Department of State Advisory, Committee on Private 
International Law.
[FR Doc. 2011-33830 Filed 1-4-12; 8:45 am]
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