AG/RES. 1334 (XXV-O/95)

SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF THE INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

CONSIDERING:

That the OAS Charter reaffirms as one of the Organization's underlying principles that the American states proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, nationality, creed, or sex;

That, in the Plan of Action adopted at the 1994 Summit of the Americas, the heads of state and government of the democracies of the Hemisphere declared that "great progress has been made in the Hemisphere in the development of human rights concepts and norms, but serious gaps in implementation remain";

That the Summit called for human rights training for law enforcement agents and security forces; and

That, for over 15 years, the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights has played an important role in the field of specialized human rights training and education at the hemispheric level; and

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the experience that the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights has gained since its creation and its work in the field of human rights training and education with all sectors of the population, including judges and administrators of justice, public officials, and, in particular, law enforcement agents,

RESOLVES:

  1. To call attention to the mission that the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights has been performing since its creation in 1980 and to urge it to continue the vital work it is doing in behalf of the cause of human rights in the Hemisphere and in furtherance of its objectives of disseminating and promoting human rights.

  2. To support the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights so it may continue to carry out education and training activities in the human rights area on both the regional and hemispheric levels.

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