[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 13370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05128]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8651]


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

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State, hereby gives notice that the ACPIL ODR Study 
Group will hold a public meeting. The ACPIL ODR Study Group will meet 
to discuss the next session of the UNCITRAL ODR Working Group, 
scheduled for March 24-28, 2014 in New York. This is not a meeting of 
the full Advisory Committee.
    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 legal 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 cross-border enforcement mechanism.
    For the reports of the first seven 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); Nov. 14-18, 2011, in Vienna (A/CN.9/
739); May 21-25, 2012, in New York (A/CN.9/744); November 5-9, 2012, in 
Vienna (A/CN.9/762): May 20-24, 2013, in New York (A/CN.9/769); and 
November 18-22, 2014, in Vienna (A/CN.9/795)--please follow the 
following link: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/commission/working_groups/3Online_Dispute_Resolution.html. Documents relating to the 
upcoming session of the Working Group are available on the same link.
    Time and Place: The meeting of the ACPIL ODR Study Group will take 
place on Friday March 14 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST at 2430 E 
Street NW., South Building (SA 4) (Navy Hill), Room 240. Participants 
should arrive at Navy Hill before 12:15 p.m. for visitor screening. 
Participants will be met at the Navy Hill gate at 23rd and D Streets, 
NW., and will be escorted to the South Building. Persons arriving later 
will need to make arrangements for entry using the contact information 
provided below. 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 meeting is open to the public, subject 
to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to Navy Hill is strictly 
controlled. For pre-clearance purposes, those planning to attend in 
person are requested to email at [email protected] providing full name, 
address, date of birth, citizenship, driver's license or passport 
number, affiliation, and email address. This will greatly facilitate 
entry.
    A member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should 
provide an email requesting such accommodation to [email protected] no 
later than a week before the meeting. Requests made after that date 
will be considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you would 
like to participate by telephone, please email [email protected] to obtain 
the call-in number and other information.
    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 Security Records System of Records Notice (State-36) at http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/103419.pdf for additional 
information.

    Dated: February 24, 2014.
Michael Dennis,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law. Office of the 
Legal Adviser Department of State
[FR Doc. 2014-05128 Filed 3-7-14; 8:45 am]
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