IACHR Will Visit Bolivia, to Present the First Report Drafted by its Mechanism to Monitor the Recommendations Made by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts

December 9, 2023

Washington, D.C. – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is set to visit Bolivia over the period December 12–14, 2023, to present the first report drafted by its mechanism to monitor the recommendations made by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts for the country.

The IACHR delegation is set to be led by the Commission's Rapporteur for Bolivia, Commissioner José Luis Caballero Ochoa, with the support of the IACHR Executive Secretariat's Chief of Staff Patricia Colchero and other members of the Executive Secretariat's technical team. The delegation is set to hold high-level meetings with State authorities and with representatives of international organizations, victims, and civil society. The IACHR delegation will present to them the first report drafted by its mechanism to monitor the recommendations made by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts for Bolivia (known as MESEG, by its Spanish acronym), to publicize progress made and pending challenges for compliance with those recommendations in keeping with the General Guidelines on the Follow-Up of Recommendations and Decisions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

According to its workplan, MESEG aims to support and monitor compliance with the recommendations made by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts for Bolivia and it has been working to that end, providing support and guidance to implement those recommendations. Since it was created, MESEG has held frequent meetings with the State, with civil society organizations, and with victims' associations to gather information about the implementation of the recommendations made by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts, with constant, direct talks with the various stakeholders.

The Commission commends the Plurinational State of Bolivia on its openness to cooperate and engage in talks in the context of MESEG and to enable monitoring of its human rights obligations with regard to the Inter-American System.

A principal, autonomous body of the Organization of American States (OAS), the IACHR derives its mandate from the OAS Charter and the American Convention on Human Rights. The Inter-American Commission has a mandate to promote respect for and to defend human rights in the region and acts as a consultative body to the OAS in this area. The Commission is composed of seven independent members who are elected in an individual capacity by the OAS General Assembly and who do not represent their countries of origin or residence.

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