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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

{{Short description|Human rights monitoring organization in the Americas}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

| image = Inter-American Commission on Human Rights logo.svg

| caption = English logo

| abbreviation = IACHR

| motto =

| formation = 1959

| extinction =

| status =

| purpose = Human rights monitoring in the Americas

| location = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| region_served = Americas
(ACHR signatories,
OAS members)

| membership = Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

| leader_title = Executive Secretary

| leader_name = {{flagicon|Mexico}} Tania Reneaum

| main_organ =

| parent_organization = Organization of American States

| affiliations =

| budget =

| website = {{url|https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/}}

| remarks =

}}

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the IACHR{{Cite web |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100039069 |url-access= |title=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) |author1=Staff writer |year=2024 |department=UIA Global Civil Society Database |website=uia.org |publisher=Union of International Associations |agency=Yearbook of International Organizations Online |location=Brussels, Belgium |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=14 January 2025 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}}{{Cite web |title=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Individual Petition System Portal |url=https://www.oas.org/ipsp/default.aspx?Lang=En|access-date=2020-08-30|website=OAS| date=August 2009 |language=en}} or, in the three other official languages{{spaced ndash}} Spanish, French, and Portuguese{{spaced ndash}} CIDH, Comisión Interamericana de los Derechos Humanos, Commission Interaméricaine des Droits de l'Homme, Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos) is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS).

The separate Inter-American Court of Human Rights is an autonomous judicial institution based in the city of San José, Costa Rica. Together the Court and the Commission make up the human rights protection system of the OAS.{{Cite book |url=https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/88112 |title=The Impact of the Inter-American Human Rights System: Transformations on the Ground |date=2024 |publisher=Oxford University Press |editor-last=Bogdandy |editor-first=Armin von |language=English |editor-last2=Piovesan |editor-first2=Flávia |editor-last3=Ferrer Mac-Gregor |editor-first3=Eduardo |editor-last4=Morales Antoniazzi |editor-first4=Mariela}}

Composition

The IACHR is a permanent body, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., United States,{{cite news |last1=Hansel |first1=Mary |title=There's a Way to Appeal Dobbs. It's Worth Trying. |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/08/dobbs-abortion-international-law-appeal-worth-trying.html |work=Slate |date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809073245/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/08/dobbs-abortion-international-law-appeal-worth-trying.html |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |location=Available from NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current}} and it meets in regular and special sessions several times a year to examine allegations of human rights violations in the hemisphere.{{Cite web|last=OAS|date=2009-08-01|title=OAS – Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development|url=https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=OAS|language=en}}

Its human rights duties stem from three documents:

  • the OAS Charter[http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/expression/index.asp OAS]
  • the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man{{cite book|last= Morsink|first=Johannes|date=1999|title=The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting, and Intent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSWZY3Rs9vQC&q=American+Declaration+of+the+Rights+and+Duties+of+Man+bogot%C3%A0&pg=PA131|location=Philadelphia|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|page=131|isbn=0-8122-3474-X}}
  • the American Convention on Human Rights

History of the Inter-American human rights system

The inter-American system for the protection of human rights emerged with the adoption of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man by the OAS in April 1948{{spaced ndash}} the first international human rights instrument of a general nature, predating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by more than six months.Goldman, Robert K. "History and Action: the Inter-American Human Rights System and the Role of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights." Human Rights Quarterly 31 (2009): 856-887.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/what.asp|title=OAS – Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development|last=OAS|date=2009-08-01|website=OAS|language=en|access-date=2019-09-28}}

The IACHR was created in 1959. It held its first meeting in 1960, and it conducted its first on-site visit to inspect the human rights situation in the Dominican Republic in 1961.

A major step in the development of the system was taken in 1965 when the commission was expressly authorized to examine specific cases of human rights violations. Since that date the IACHR has received thousands of petitions and has processed in excess of 12,000 individual cases.

In 1969, the guiding principles behind the American Declaration were taken, reshaped, and restated in the American Convention on Human Rights. The Convention defines the human rights that the states parties are required to respect and guarantee, and it also ordered the establishment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It is currently binding on 24 of the OAS's 35 member states.

The commission's performance has not been always welcomed. Among others, Venezuela has accused{{When|date=November 2021}} the Commission of politicization. Others criticize the commission's stress on certain issues over others. These criticisms have given rise to what was called the "Strengthening Process of the Commission". This process began in 2011, led by the States belonging to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.{{Cite web |date=23 March 2013 |title=Controversial Inter-American Reforms Process to Continue | Inter Press Service |url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/controversial-inter-american-reforms-process-to-continue/ |access-date=19 November 2019 |website=Inter Press Service}}{{Cite news |date=9 June 2012 |title=Chipping at the foundations |url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2012/06/09/chipping-at-the-foundations |access-date=19 November 2019 |newspaper=The Economist}}

Functions

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The main task of the IACHR is to promote the observance and defense of human rights in the Americas.{{Cite web|title=INTRODUCTION|url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/Basics/introduction-basic-documents.pdf|access-date=2020-10-14}}

In pursuit of this mandate it:

  • Receives, analyzes, and investigates individual petitions alleging violations of specific human rights protected by the American Convention on Human Rights.
  • Works to resolve petitions in a collaborative way that is amiable to both parties.
  • Monitors the general human rights situation in the OAS's member states and, when necessary, prepares and publishes country-specific human rights reports.
  • Conducts on-site visits to examine members' general human rights situation or to investigate specific cases.
  • Encourages public awareness about human rights and related issues throughout the hemisphere.
  • Holds conferences, seminars, and meetings with governments, NGOs, academic institutions, etc. to inform and raise awareness about issues relating to the inter-American human rights system.
  • Issues member states with recommendations that, if adopted, would further the cause of human rights protection.
  • Requests that states adopt precautionary measures to prevent serious and irreparable harm to human rights in urgent cases.
  • Refers cases to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and litigates those same cases before the Court.
  • Asks the Inter-American Court to provide advisory opinions on matters relating to the interpretation of the convention or other related instruments.

Rapporteurships and units

{{Anchor|Special rapporteur}}

The IACHR has created several thematic rapporteurships and two special rapporteurships to monitor OAS states' compliance with inter-American human rights treaties in the following areas:{{Cite web|url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/composition.asp#tab3|title=Rapporteurship Distribution|date=2009-08-01|website=OAS|language=en|access-date=2019-09-28}}

  • Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (1990)[http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/indigenous/default.asp Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]
  • Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women (the first rapporteurship created by the IACHR in 1994)[http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/women/default.asp Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women]
  • Rapporteurship on Migrant Workers and their Families (1996)[http://www.cidh.org/Migrantes/defaultmigrants.htm Rapporteurship on Migrant Workers and their Families]
  • Rapporteurship on the Rights of the Child (1998)[http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/children/ Rapporteurship on the Rights of the Child]
  • Rapporteurship on Human Rights Defenders (2001)[http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/defenders/default.asp Rapporteurship on Human Rights Defenders]
  • Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty (2004)
  • Rapporteurship on the Rights of Afro-Descendants and against Racial Discrimination (2005)[http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/afro-descendants/default.asp Rapporteurship on the Rights of Afro-Descendants and against Racial Discrimination]
  • Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Bisexual, and Intersex Persons (2014) {{cite web | url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/lgtbi/ | title=OAS :: IACHR :: Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Bisexual, and Intersex Persons :: Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Bisexual, and Intersex Persons }}
  • Rapporteurship on Memory, Truth, and Justice (2019)
  • Rapporteurship on the Rights of Older Persons (2019)
  • Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2019

The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and the {{ill|Special Rapporteur for Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights|es|Relatoría Especial sobre los Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales de la CIDH}} are full-time dedicated positions. The former was created in 1997, while the latter was established in 2017, with Soledad García Muñoz of Argentina as the first holder of the office.{{Cite web |title=Soledad García Muñoz es la primera Relatora Especial sobre Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales (DESCA) – Codehupy |url=https://www.codehupy.org.py/soledad-garcia-munoz-es-la-primera-relatora-especial-sobre-derechos-economicos-sociales-culturales-y-ambientales-desca/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.codehupy.org.py}}{{cite web |title=Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights |url=https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/r/desca/default.asp |publisher=IACHR |access-date=2 September 2023}}

The other rapporteurships are in the hands of the commissioners, who have other functions at the IACHR and also their own jobs in their home countries, since their work as commissioners is unpaid.

Rapporteurships are initially established by the commission as thematic units prior to being upgraded to rapporteurships.

The IACHR also has a Press and Outreach Office.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/contact.asp|title=Contact the IACHR Press Office |website=OAS|language=en|access-date=2019-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006045538/http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/contact.asp |archive-date= Oct 6, 2019 }}

Petitions

The Commission processes petitions lodged with it pursuant to its Rules of Procedure.

Petitions may be filed by NGOs or individuals. Unlike most court filings, petitions are confidential documents and are not made public. Petitions must meet three requirements; domestic remedies must have already been tried and failed (exhaustion), petitions must be filed within six months of the last action taken in a domestic system (timeliness), petitions can not be before another court (duplication of procedure).

Once a petition has been filed, it follows the following procedure:

  • Petition is forwarded to the Secretariat and reviewed for completeness; if complete, it is registered and is given a case number. This is where the state is notified of the petition.
  • Petition reviewed for admissibility.
  • The Commission tries to find a friendly settlement.
  • If no settlement is found, then briefs are filed by each side on the merits of the case.
  • The Commission then files a report on the merits, known as an Article 50 report from relevant article of the convention. This is a basically a ruling by the commission with recommendations on how to solve the conflict. The Article 50 report is sent to the state. This is a confidential report; the petitioner does not get a full copy of this report.
  • The state is given two months to comply with the recommendations of the report.
  • The petitioner then has one month to file a petition asking for the issue to be sent to the Inter-American Court (only applicable if the State in question has recognized the competence of the Inter-American Court).
  • The commission has three months, from the date the Article 50 report is given to the state, to either publish the Article 50 report or send the case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Alternatively, the commission can also choose to monitor the situation. The American Convention establishes that if the report is not submitted to the Court within three months it may not be submitted in the future, but if the State asks for more time in order to comply with the recommendations of the Article 50 report, the Commission might grant it on the condition that the State signs a waiver on this requirement.

Composition

The IACHR's ranking officers are its seven commissioners. The commissioners are elected by the OAS General Assembly, for four-year terms, with the possibility of re-election on one occasion, for a maximum period in office of eight years. They serve in a personal capacity and are not considered to represent their countries of origin but rather "all the member countries of the Organization" (Art. 35 of the convention).

The convention (Art. 34) says that they must "be persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights".

No two nationals of the same member state may be commissioners simultaneously (Art. 37), and commissioners are required to refrain from participating in the discussion of cases involving their home countries.

= Current commissioners (2024) =

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! Name !! State !! Position !! Elected !! Term

Roberta Clarke{{flag|Barbados}}President20152022–2025
Carlos Bernal Pulido{{flag|Colombia}}First Vice-President20212022–2025
José Luis Caballero Ochoa{{flag|Mexico}}Second Vice-President20232023–2025
Edgar Stuardo Ralón Orellana{{flag|Guatemala}}Commissioner20202024–2027
Arif Bulkan{{flag|Guyana}}Commissioner20242024–2027
Andrea Pochak{{flag|Argentina}}Commissioner20242024–2027
Gloria Monique de Mees{{flag|Suriname}}Commissioner20242024–2027

Source of IACHR Composition.{{Cite web|last=OAS|date=2009-08-01|title=OAS – Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development|url=https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/composition.asp|access-date=2021-12-19|website=OAS|language=en}}

= Past commissioners =

File:OAS.JoseZalaquett.01.jpg, President 2004]]

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! Year !! State !! Commissioners !! President (post-2001)
Chairman (pre-2001)

1960–1963{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}Rómulo Gallegos1960
1960–1964{{flag|El Salvador}}Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
1960–1968{{flag|Ecuador|1900}}Gonzalo Escudero
1960–1972{{flag|Costa Rica}}Ángela Acuña de Chacón
1960–1972{{flag|USA}}Durward V. Sandifer
1960–1972{{flag|Chile}}{{ill|Manuel Bianchi Gundián|es}}
1960–1979{{flag|Mexico|1934}}Gabino Fraga
1964–1968{{flag|Uruguay}}Daniel Hugo Martins
1964–1983{{flag|Brazil|1968}}Carlos A. Dunshee de Abranches
1968–1972{{flag|Peru}}Mario Alzamora Valdez
1968–1972{{flag|Uruguay}}Justino Jiménez de Arechega
1972–1976{{flag|Argentina}}Genaro R. Carrió
1972–1976{{flag|USA}}Robert F. Woodward
1972–1985{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}Andrés Aguilar
1976–1979{{flag|Guatemala}}Carlos García Bauer
1976–1979{{flag|Costa Rica}}Fernando Volio Jiménez
1976–1983{{flag|USA}}Tom J. Farer
1976–1978{{flag|Colombia}}José Joaquín Gori
1978–1987{{flag|Colombia}}{{ill|Marco Gerardo Monroy Cabra|es}}
1980–1987{{flag|El Salvador}}Francisco Bertrand Galindo
1980–1985{{flag|Mexico}}César Sepúlveda
1980–1985{{flag|Costa Rica}}{{ill|Luis Demetrio Tinoco Castro|es}}
1984–1988{{flag|USA}}R. Bruce McColm
1984–1987{{flag|Bolivia}}Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas
1984–1991{{flag|Brazil|1968}}Gilda Maciel Correa Russomano
1986–1989{{flag|Argentina}}Elsa Kelly
1986–1993{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}Marco Tulio Bruni-Celli
1986–1993{{flag|Barbados}}Oliver H. Jackman
1988–1991{{flag|USA}}John Reese Stevenson
1988–1995{{flag|Honduras|1949}}Leo Valladares Lanza
1988–1995{{flag|Jamaica}}Patrick Lipton Robinson
1990–1997{{flag|Argentina}}{{ill|Óscar Luján Fappiano|es|Oscar Luján Fappiano}}
1992–1995{{flag|USA}}Michael Reisman
1994–1997{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}John S. Donaldson1997
1998–1999{{flag|Barbados}}Sir Henry de Boulay Forde
1992–1999{{flag|Colombia}}{{ill|Álvaro Tirado Mejía|es}}1995
1996–1999{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}Carlos Ayala Corao1998
1996–1999{{flag|Haiti}}Jean-Joseph Exumé
1994–2001{{flag|Chile}}Claudio Grossman1996, 2001
1998–2001{{flag|Brazil}}Hélio Bicudo2000
1999–2001{{flag|Barbados}}Peter Laurie
2002–2002{{flag|Peru}}Diego García Sayán
1996–2003{{flag|USA}}Robert K. Goldman1999
2000–2003{{flag|Guatemala}}{{ill|Marta Altolaguirre|es}}2003
2000–2003{{flag|Argentina}}Juan E. Méndez2002
2000–2003{{flag|Ecuador|1900}}Julio Prado Vallejo
2002–2005{{flag|Peru}}Susana Villarán
2001–2005{{flag|Chile}}José Zalaquett2004
2004–2007{{flag|Paraguay|1990}}Evelio Fernández Arévalos2006
2004–2007{{flag|Venezuela}}Freddy Gutiérrez
2002–2009{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}Sir Clare Kamau Roberts
2004–2009{{flag|El Salvador}}Florentín Meléndez
2006–2009{{flag|Argentina}}Víctor Abramovich
2006–2009{{flag|USA}}Paolo Carozza2008
2004–2011{{flag|Brazil}}Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
2008–2011{{flag|Venezuela}}Luz Patricia Mejía2009
2009–2011{{flag|El Salvador}}María Silvia Guillén
2010–2013{{flag|Colombia}}Rodrigo Escobar Gil
2010–2013{{flag|USA}}Dinah Shelton
2008–2015{{flag|Chile}}Felipe González Morales2010
2012–2015{{flag|Saint Lucia}}
{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago }}		Rose-Marie Belle Antoine2015
2012–2015{{flag|Jamaica}}Tracy Robinson2014
2012–2015{{flag|Paraguay}}Rosa María Ortiz
2017–2019{{flag|Colombia}}{{ill|Luis Ernesto Vargas Silva|es}}
2016–2019{{flag|Peru}}Francisco José Eguiguren Praeli
2018–2021|{{flag|Chile}}Antonia Urrejola Noguera
2018–2021{{flag|Brazil}}Flávia Piovesan
2018–2023{{flag|Mexico}}Joel Hernández García

= Executive Secretaries =

The staff of the IACHR comprise its Secretariat, which is led by an Executive Secretary, who serves for what have recently been four-year, renewable contracts.

In August 2020, OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro announced that he would not renew Paulo Abrão's contract as Executive Secretary of the IACHR, citing 61 personnel complaints by staff of the organization.{{Cite news|title=OAS chief Almagro under fire for removal of top rights official|work=Buenos Aires Times|url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/latin-america/oas-chief-almagro-under-fire-for-removal-of-top-rights-official.phtml|access-date=2020-09-27}} The Commissioners of the IACHR had unanimously approved the contract extension in January 2020, and expressed their "profound rejection" of Almagro's action "whose refusal to renew this contract breaks with a 20-year practice of respecting the IACHR's decision to appoint its own Executive Secretary and thus makes it difficult to obtain truth, justice, and reparation for those whose labor rights have been affected." UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, Human Rights Watch, and the Mexican government have also objected to Abrão's removal.{{Cite news|date=2020-08-28|title=Luis Almagro reafirma que no renovará a Paulo Abrao en la CIDH|work=El Espectador|location=Bogotá, Colombia|url=https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/el-mundo/luis-almagro-reafirma-que-no-renovara-a-paulo-abrao-en-la-cidh/|access-date=2020-09-27}}{{Cite web|date=2020-08-27|title=OAS Leader Undermining Rights Body|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/27/oas-leader-undermining-rights-body|access-date=2020-09-27|work=Human Rights Watch}}

Tania Reneaum, a Mexican, was appointed as the new Executive Secretary in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Tania Reneaum Panszi Takes Office as IACHR's New Executive Secretary |url=https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/media_center/preleases/2021/142.asp |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) |language=en}}

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|+Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

! Name !! Country !! Term !! Notes

Luis Reque

|{{flagicon|Bolivia}} Bolivia

| 1960 – June 1976

Charles D. Moyer

|{{flagicon|United States}} United States

| January – August 1977

|Interim Executive Secretary.

Edmundo Vargas Carreño

|{{flagicon|Chile}} Chile

| September 1977 – March 1990

David J. Padilla

|{{flagicon|United States}} United States

| March – June 1990

|Interim Executive Secretary.

Edith Márquez Rodríguez

|{{flagicon|Venezuela|1954}} Venezuela

| May 1990 – February 1996

David J. Padilla

|{{flagicon|United States}} United States

| January – May 1996

|Interim Executive Secretary.

Jorge Enrique Taiana

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina

| March 1996 – July 2001

{{ill|Santiago Cantón|es}}

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina

| August 2001 – June 2012

Emilio Álvarez Icaza

|{{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico

| August 2012 – August 2016

Paulo Abrão

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil

| August 2016 – August 2020

María Claudia Pulido

|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Colombia

| 17 August 2020 – June 2021

|Acting Executive Secretary.

Tania Reneaum Panszi{{Cite web |last=Padilha |first=Saulo |date=2023-01-27 |title=“We will continue to make progress in strengthening the Commission and in our mission to secure and protect human rights in the region” |url=https://sur.conectas.org/en/we-will-continue-to-have-progress-strengthening-the-commission-and-in-our-mission-to-secure-and-protect-human-rights-in-the-region/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Sur - International Journal on Human Rights |language=en-US}}

|{{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico

|June 2021 – present

|

colspan="4"| Source: OAS, [https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/exSE.asp Former IACHR Executive Secretaries].

Human rights alligations investigated by the Inter-American Commission

  • Massacre of Trujillo (Colombia)[http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/occidente/2008-08-28/la-masacre-de-trujillo-fue-escogida-por-la-cnrr-como-eje-de-su-informe-sobre-crimenes-emblematicos_4470978-1 {{in lang|es}} La masacre de Trujillo fue escogida por la CNRR como eje de su informe sobre crímenes emblemáticos]
  • Barrios Altos massacre (Peru){{cite web |title=Report No. 20/99 |url=http://www.cidh.org/annualrep/98eng/merits/peru%2010317.htm |publisher=IACHR |date=23 February 1999}}
  • Lori Berenson (Peru){{cite web |title=Report No. 56/98 |url=http://www.cidh.org/annualrep/98eng/admissibility/peru%2011876.htm |publisher=IACHR |date=8 December 1998}}
  • La Cantuta massacre (Peru){{cite web |title=Report No. 42/99 |url=http://www.cidh.org/annualrep/98eng/admissibility/peru%2011045.htm |publisher=IACHR |date=11 March 1999}}
  • El Caracazo (Venezuela)
  • Japanese embassy hostage crisis (Peru){{cite news|title=Peru; New Defense Minister takes office|url=http://dmilt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3756:peru-new-defense-minister-takes-office&catid=35:latin-america&Itemid=58|access-date=13 April 2013|newspaper=Defense Market Intelligence|date=25 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106002438/http://dmilt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3756:peru-new-defense-minister-takes-office&catid=35:latin-america&Itemid=58|archive-date=6 November 2013|url-status=dead}}
  • Deaths in Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)
  • Antoine Izméry (Haiti)
  • Plan de Sánchez massacre (Guatemala)
  • Censorship in Venezuela (Venezuela)
  • District of Columbia voting rights (United States){{Cite web|url=http://www.dcvote.org/pdfs/oas1203w.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001020855/http://www.dcvote.org/pdfs/oas1203w.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Organization of American States) REPORT Nº 98/03*|archive-date=1 October 2011}}
  • Domestic violence protection in the case of Jessica Gonzales (United States){{Cite news |url=http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/human-rights-group-questions-court-ruling/article_84180e20-c7d1-11e0-88de-001cc4c002e0.html |work=The Pueblo Chieftain|first=Patrick|last=Malone|date=16 August 2011|title=Human rights group questions court ruling}}
  • Extrajudicial detention in Guantánamo of Djamel Ameziane (United States)

{{cite news|url=http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/03/human-rights-court-agrees-to-hear-guantanamo-detainee-case.php |title=Human rights court agrees to hear Guantanamo detainee case |newspaper=The Jurist |author=Michael Haggerson |date=31 March 2012 |access-date=6 April 2012 |quote=The IACHR will investigate whether the US's failure to transfer Ameziane is in compliance with international human rights law. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402153328/http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/03/human-rights-court-agrees-to-hear-guantanamo-detainee-case.php |archive-date=2 April 2012 }}

  • 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping (Mexico){{cite web|title=Mexico: Expert report on Ayotzinapa disappearances highlights government's incompetence|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/09/mexico-informe-de-expertos-sobre-ayotzinapa-deja-a-la-luz-incompetencia-gubernamental/|website=Amnesty International|access-date=7 September 2015|date=6 September 2015|quote=A new report by a group of experts from the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights on the investigation of the disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero, Mexico, uncovers the authorities' utter incompetence and lack of will to find the students and bring those responsible to justice, said Amnesty International.}}
  • Internment of Japanese Latin Americans (United States){{citation |last=Cole|first=Diana Morita |title=Civil Rights Champion – Art Shibayama | newspaper=Discover Nikkei |date=27 September 2018 |url=http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2018/9/27/art-shibayama/}}{{citation |last=Nakagawa|first=William |title=Rights commission rules in favor of Japanese Latin Americans kidnapped during WWII | newspaper=Nichi Bei Weekly |date=13 August 2020 |url=https://www.nichibei.org/2020/08/rights-commission-rules-in-favor-of-japanese-latin-americans-kidnapped-during-wwii/}}

References

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{{cite web|title=Precautionary Measures |publisher=Organization of American States |date=June 2012 |url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/decisions/precautionary.asp |access-date=2012-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805221111/http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/decisions/precautionary.asp |archive-date=5 August 2012 |url-status=live }}

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  • [http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/cases/commissn.htm IACHR case law]
  • [http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/expression/index.asp OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression]

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