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.

Aliases (2)

IACHR ×2
Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international human rights organization → organ of the Organization of American States → regional human rights body →
abbreviation	IACHR →
activity	country hearings → issuance of press releases and communiqués → on-site visits to member states → publication of annual reports → thematic hearings →
alsoKnownAs	Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos → 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 →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
legalFramework	American Convention on Human Rights → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → OAS Charter → Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights →
locatedIn	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 (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ("IACHR") → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ("Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos") →	alsoKnownAs
Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights →	appliesTo
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ("IACHR") →	abbreviation
Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights →	adoptedBy
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man →	appliedBy
Secretary General of the Organization of American States →	associatedWith
Inter-American Court of Human Rights →	canHearCasesBroughtBy
Inter-American Commission of Women →	collaboratesWith
Inter-American human rights system →	hasBody
Fifth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS →	hasCreated
Inter-American human rights system →	hasMainOrgan
Organization of American States →	hasOrgan
American Convention on Human Rights →	monitoredBy
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women →	monitoringBody
Inter-American Court of Human Rights →	receivesCasesFrom
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man →	recognizedBy
Registry of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights →	serves
Secretariat of the Organization of American States →	supportsBody
Inter-American Court of Human Rights →	worksWith