Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

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international human rights organization organ of the Organization of American States regional human rights body

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a regional human rights body that monitors, promotes, and protects fundamental rights across the Americas under the framework of the Inter-American human rights system.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights canonical	30
Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos	3
IACHR	2
ACHR	1
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (treaty-based role)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international human rights organization ⓘ organ of the Organization of American States ⓘ regional human rights body ⓘ
abbreviation	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IACHR
activity	country hearings ⓘ issuance of press releases and communiqués ⓘ on-site visits to member states ⓘ publication of annual reports ⓘ thematic hearings ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ surface form: Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ surface form: IACHR
cooperatesWith	Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
establishedBy	Fifth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS ⓘ
foundingDate	1959 ⓘ
hasMemberCount	7 ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/ ⓘ
headquartersCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
legalFramework	American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man ⓘ Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ surface form: OAS Charter Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
locatedIn	Secretariat of the Organization of American States ⓘ surface form: OAS General Secretariat building in Washington, D.C.
memberType	independent experts ⓘ
monitors	compliance with recommendations issued to states ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization	Organization of American States ⓘ
partOf	Inter-American human rights system ⓘ
purpose	advising OAS member states on human rights matters ⓘ issuing precautionary measures in serious and urgent cases ⓘ monitoring human rights situations in OAS member states ⓘ preparing thematic and country reports on human rights ⓘ processing individual petitions and cases on human rights violations ⓘ promotion of human rights in the Americas ⓘ protection of human rights in the Americas ⓘ
regionServed	Americas ⓘ member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ
roleInSystem	quasi-judicial organ ⓘ receives and analyzes individual petitions ⓘ requests advisory opinions from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ submits cases to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
selectionMethod	elected by the OAS General Assembly ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
termRenewable	once ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Organization of American States → hasOrgan → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: IACHR

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → abbreviation → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: IACHR

Secretary General of the Organization of American States → associatedWith → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → worksWith → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → receivesCasesFrom → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → canHearCasesBroughtBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Secretariat of the Organization of American States → supportsBody → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → hasMainOrgan → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → hasBody → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

American Convention on Human Rights → monitoredBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Fifth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS → hasCreated → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → appliesTo → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → appliesTo → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → adoptedBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → recognizedBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → appliedBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

CIM → collaboratesWith → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: Inter-American Commission of Women

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women → monitoringBody → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Registry of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights → serves → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture → hasMonitoringBody → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Protocol of San Salvador → monitoredBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty → monitoredBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

OAS → hasOrgan → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: Organization of American States

Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons → monitoringBody → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American system → includesBody → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Pacto de San José de Costa Rica → crea → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

Pacto de San José de Costa Rica → defineCompetenciaDe → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → partOf → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → reportsTo → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Colombian armed conflict → monitoredBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Convention of Belém do Pará → monitoredBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Awá → humanRightsConcernOf → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Convention on Human Rights → shortName → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: ACHR

Inter-American Convention on Human Rights → establishesBody → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (treaty-based role)

Inter-American Convention on Human Rights → monitoredBy → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ