AG/RES. 1330 (XXV-O/95)

OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the Observations and Recommendations of the Permanent Council on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (AG/doc.3208/95) and the presentation of that report by the President of the Court to the Permanent Council; and

CONSIDERING:

That Article 53.f of the Charter of the Organization of American States vests in the General Assembly the power to consider the observations and recommendations presented by the Permanent Council, pursuant to Article 90.f of the Charter, concerning reports from the Organization's organs, agencies, and entities;

That Article 65 of the American Convention on Human Rights provides that the Court shall submit a report on its work during the previous year for consideration by the General Assembly of the Organization of American States and shall specify, in particular, cases in which a state has not complied with its judgments, along with any pertinent recommendations it may have; and

That the Inter-American Court of Human Rights presented its Annual Report to the Permanent Council, which forwarded its observations and recommendations thereon to the General Assembly,

RESOLVES:

  1. To welcome the OAS Permanent Council's observations and recommendations on the Annual Report and transmit them to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

  2. To thank the Government of Canada and the European Union for their contributions to the Court.

  3. To urge the Government of Suriname to report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the status of compliance with the Court's judgments in the Aloeboetoe et al. and Gangaram Panday cases.

  4. To urge those OAS member states which have not done so to give serious consideration to ratifying or acceding to the American Convention on Human Rights, "Pact of San Jos," and to accept the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

  5. To provide the Inter-American Court of Human Rights with the support it needs to continue performing the lofty functions assigned to it in the American Convention on Human Rights.

  6. To express to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights its appreciation for the work accomplished during the period covered by this report, and to urge the Court to continue performing these important functions.

  7. To recommend to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that its Annual Report include specific details regarding not only the purposes of its periodic meetings with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights but also the results of those meetings

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