OEA/Ser.L/V/II.134

Doc. 5, rev. 1

25 February 2009

Original: Spanish

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 2008

 

 

CHAPTER I             INTRODUCTION

 

CHAPTER II            LEGAL BASES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE IACHR DURING 2008

 

A.      Legal bases, functions and powers

 

B.      The Commission’s sessions in 2008

 

         1.     131st regular period of sessions (Washington, D.C.)

         2.     132nd regular period of sessions (Washington, D.C.)
         3.     133rd regular period of sessions (Washington, D.C.)
        

C.      Visits

 

D.      Activities of the rapporteurships

 

        1.      Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

          2.      Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women

        3.      Rapporteurship on the Rights of the Child

        4.      Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas

        5.      Rapporteurship on the Rights of Afro-Descendants and against
                          Racial Discrimination

        6.      Rapporteurship on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families

        7.      Unit for Human Rights Defenders

 

E.     Other events and activities

                

F.    Financial situation

 

G.     Activities of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
        in connection with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

 

H.    Thirty-eighth regular session of the OAS General Assembly

I.      Reorganization of the Executive Secretariat

 

CHAPTER III           THE PETITION AND CASE SYSTEM

 

A.      Introduction

 

B.       Statistics


C.      Petitions and cases before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

 

1.    Precautionary measures granted or extended by the IACHR in 2008

 

2.       Petitions declared admissible 

 

3.     Petitions declared inadmissible

4.    Friendly settlements

5.     Reports on the merits

D.      Status of compliance with the recommendations of the IACHR

 

E.       Petitions and cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

 

                  1.       Provisional measures

 

                  2.       Contentious cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

                  

CHAPTER IV          HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION

 

          Introduction

 

          Colombia

 

          Cuba

 

          Haiti

 

Venezuela

  

ANNEXES

 

 

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