Inter-American Instruments
Under the inter-American system, vulnerable groups, such as
Afro-descendants, are afforded protection mechanisms
against
racism and racial discrimination, in particular by the
following international instruments:
1948,
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
1948,
Charter of the Organization of American States
1969,
American Convention on Human Rights
1988,
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on
Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (Protocol of San Salvador)
2000,
Declaration of the Conference of the Americas
(Preparatory meeting for the Third World Conference against
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance)
2001,
Inter-American Democratic Charter
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