ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
1985-1986

INTRODUCTION

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

CHAPTER II       -   ACTIVITIES OF THE IACHR                   

CHAPTER III      -   RESOLUTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL CASES 

CHAPTER IV      -   SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SEVERAL  STATES                            

Cuba 
Chile 
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Suriname

CHAPTER V        AREAS IN WHICH STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN TOWARDS
                            FULL OBSERVANCE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS SET FORTH
                            IN THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS AND
                            DUTIES OF MAN AND THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON
                            HUMAN RIGHTS

              I.                 Difficulties faced by human rights organizations             

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

               III.               Recommendations