OEA/Ser.L/V/II.50
Doc. 13 rev. 1
2 October 1980
Original: Spanish

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
1979-1980

INTRODUCTION           

CHAPTER I

ORIGIN AND JURIDICAL BASES OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

A.       The Fifth Meeting of Consultation and the IACHR

B.       Expansion of the Powers of the Commission

C.       Amendment of the Charter of the OAS

The New Status of the Commission

D.       Status of the American Convention on Human Rights

THE NEW STATUTE

A.     Structure and Purposes of the Commission

B.      The Rights Protected

C.     Functions and Powers

D.     Procedure

THE NEW REGULATIONS

RELATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANS OF THE SYSTEM AND WITH REGIONAL AND WORLD AGENCIES OF A SIMILAR NATURE  

CHAPTER II

ACTIVITIES OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

A.     Forty-sixth Session

B.     Forty-seventh Session

C.     On-site Observation in the Republic of Argentina

D.     Ninth Regular Session of the General Assembly

of the Organization of American States

E.     Forty-eighth Session

F.     Forty-ninth Session

G.     On-site Observation in Colombia

H.     Request of the Permanent Council of the OAS concerning the situation of human rights in Bolivia  

CHAPTER III

OBSERVATIONS THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS TO BE APPROPRIATE ON THE COMMUNICATIONS IT HAS RECEIVED                        

CHAPTER IV

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CERTAIN GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE OAS ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES SET FORTH IN THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MAN AND IN THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

A.      Brazil

B.      Colombia

C.      Chile

D.      Ecuador

E.      Guatemala

F.      Honduras

G.      Mexico

H.     Nicaragua

I.       Peru

J.       Uruguay  

CHAPTER V

THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES

A.     Chile

B.      Paraguay

C.     Uruguay

D.     El Salvador  

CHAPTER VI

AREAS IN WHICH STEPS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THE HUMAN RIGHTS EMBODIED IN THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MAN AND THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS MORE EFFECTIVE