[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31682-31683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12938]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7896]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL)--Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Study Group

    The Office of Private International Law, Office of the Legal 
Adviser, Department of State hereby gives notice that the ACPIL Online 
Dispute Resolution (ODR) Study Group will hold a public meeting on 
Friday June 15, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The public meeting 
will take place at the State Department Harry S Truman Building. The 
ACPIL ODR Study Group will meet to discuss the recent session of the 
UNCITRAL ODR Working Group, held May 21 through May 25, 2012, and will 
specifically address security issues relating to use of the ODR rules, 
including measures to address the risk of fraud involving consumers who 
participate.
    The UNCITRAL ODR Working Group is charged with the development of 
legal instruments for resolving both business to business and business 
to consumer cross-border electronic commerce disputes. The Working 
Group is in the process of developing generic ODR procedural rules for 
resolution of cross-border electronic commerce disputes, along with 
separate instruments that may take the form of annexes on guidelines 
and minimum requirements for online dispute resolution providers and 
arbitrators, substantive legal principles for resolving disputes, and a

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cross-border enforcement mechanism. Among the key issues that the 
Working Group are security issues relating to use of the ODR Rules, 
including measures to address the risk of fraud involving consumers who 
participate.
    For the reports of the first three sessions of the UNCITRAL ODR 
Working Group--December 13-17, 2010, in Vienna (A/CN.9/716); May 23-27, 
2011, in New York ((A/CN.9/721); and Nov. 14-18, 2011, in Vienna (A/
CN.9/739)--please follow the following link: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/commission/working_groups/3Online_Dispute_Resolution.html. 
The report of the May 21-25, 2012 session in New York should be 
available on the same link in advance of the public meeting.
    Time and Place: The public meeting will take place in Room 6323 in 
the Harry S Truman Building, 2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20520. 
Participants should arrive by 9:30 a.m. at the C Street entrance for 
visitor screening. If you are unable to attend the public meeting and 
would like to participate from a remote location, teleconferencing will 
be available.
    Public Participation: This Study Group meeting is open to the 
public, subject to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the 
building is controlled; persons wishing to attend should contact Tricia 
Smeltzer ([email protected]) or Niesha Toms ([email protected]) of 
the Office of Private International Law and provide their name, 
address, email address, affiliation, date of birth, citizenship, and 
driver's license or passport number for admission into the meeting. 
Data from the public is requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 
(Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as 
amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 
13356. The purpose of the collection is to validate the identity of 
individuals who enter Department facilities. The data will be entered 
into the Visitor Access Control System (VACS-D) database. Please see 
the Privacy Impact Assessment for VACS-D at http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/100305.pdf for additional information. A member 
of the public needing reasonable accommodation should advise those same 
contacts not later than June 10. Requests made after that date will be 
considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you are unable to 
attend the public meeting and you would like to participate by 
teleconferencing, please contact Tricia Smeltzer or Niesha Toms to 
receive the conference call-in number and the relevant information. 
Persons who cannot attend but who wish to comment are welcome to do so 
by email to Michael Dennis at [email protected].

    Dated: May 21, 2012.
Michael Coffee,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-12938 Filed 5-25-12; 8:45 am]
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