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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 appropriate
specialized organs and entities of the OAS on matters
relating to persons with disabilities; indigenous peoples
and the Inter-American Indian Institute; children,
adolescents, and youth; and promoting participation in the
human rights system.
2. Provides technical support to 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. Coordinates with other areas of the General Secretariat
on matters related to its areas of competence.
4. Supports the establishment and operations of mechanisms
for follow-up on conventions on matters in its area of
competence.
5. Promotes the establishment of, and supervises the
operations of, a Fund for Promotion of the Judicial
Facilitators Program to support activities connected with
inter-American human rights protection bodies.
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