INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

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

CHAPTER II

ACTIVITIES OF THE IACHR

A.     Sixty-Third Session

B.     Fourteenth Session of the General Assembly

C.     On-site observation in Suriname

D.     Sixty-Fourth Session

E.     On-site Observation in Guatemala

F.     Sixty-Fifth session

CHAPTER III

RESOLUTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL CASES

CHAPTER IV

SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SEVERAL STATES

Cuba

El Salvador

Guatemala

Haiti

Nicaragua

Paraguay

CHAPTER V

AREAS IN WHICH FURTHER STEPS ARE NEEDED TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS SET FORTH IN THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MAN AND THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

I.    General Considerations

II.   Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

III.  Draft Convention Defining Torture as an International Crime

IV.  Displaced Persons in the Region and Protection Of Refugees

V.   Strengthening of the Judiciary

VI.  Recommendations