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The Department of Special Legal Programs

A. Structure

1. The Department of Special Legal Programs (DSLP) and its staff are under the overall direction, supervision, and control of the director, who reports to the secretary for legal affairs, in accordance with the legal system of the Organization and with the provisions of this Executive Order.

B. Functions

1. Advises the Secretary General, the Assistant Secretary General, the Permanent Council, and other specialized organs and entities of the OAS on matters within its area of competence and coordinates with other areas of the General Secretariat on aspects of those matters.

2. Supervises and supports the Technical Secretariat for the Implementation of the Program of Action for the Decade of the Americas for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities.

3. Serves as technical secretariat for the Committee on the Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities.

4. Integrates and coordinates the General Secretariat’s activities relating to children, adolescents, and youth.

5. Supports the strengthening of existing cooperation mechanisms and other forms of joint activities among government agencies for consumer protection.

6. Coordinates its activities with national consumer advocacy and other organizations in order to promote and reinforce efforts to implement legal protection and disclosure of consumer rights.

7. Supports the establishment and operations of mechanisms for follow-up on conventions on matters in its area of competence.