The usefulness of ICTs is on full display when it comes to international cooperation between authorities in civil and commercial litigation. The core international conventions on cross-border cooperation (currently in force) were drafted many decades ago, when the overwhelming growth of ICTs was unimaginable. Setting the focus on Latin America, where legal regional integration has not yet reached the level attained by the European Union, this article assesses whether the selected legal sources reject, tacitly accept, or encourage the use of ICTs in international cooperation. The analysis of international conventions, some soft law instruments and domestic PIL rules supports the argument that an adequate legal framework that accepts the use of ICTs in international cooperation is necessary. Indeed, there is no turning back from the use of technologies in this field, where modern and suitable regulation would strengthen legal certainty, of utmost importance for the parties involved in cross-border litigation.

当涉及到民商事诉讼中的当局之间的国际合作时，信息通信技术的有用性得到了充分体现。关于跨境合作的核心国际公约（目前生效）是几十年前起草的，当时 ICT 的迅猛增长是不可想象的。本文将重点放在法律区域一体化尚未达到欧盟水平的拉丁美洲，评估选定的法律来源是否拒绝、默许或鼓励在国际合作中使用 ICT。对国际公约、一些软性法律文书和国内 PIL 规则的分析支持这样一种论点，即一个接受 ICT 在国际合作中使用的适当法律框架是必要的。的确，