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• Visit to Trinidad and Tobago by ASG Albert Ramdin
  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday March 15, 2013

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday March 15, 2013



OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, paid an official visit to Trinidad and Tobago, on March 14-16, 2013, and held high-level meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Winston Dookeran and the Minister of National Security, Hon. Jack Warner.


• IACHR Announces Trinidad and Tobago Forum on the Strengthening of the Inter-American System of Human Rights
  Institute of International Relations, UWI, St Augustine, Friday September 21, 2012

Institute of International Relations, UWI, St Augustine, Friday September 21, 2012



September 14, 2012





Washington, D.C. - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) announces the Trinidad and Tobago Forum on the Strengthening of the Inter-American System of Human Rights, which will take place September 21, 2012, at the University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. This forum is co-organized by the IACHR and the Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies (UWI).





The Forum will be opened by the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, the Hon. Anand Ramlogan, SC; IACHR Commissioner Tracy Robinson; and the Director (Ag) of the Institute of International Relations (IIR) at UWI, Dr. Anthony Gonzales. Commissioners Rose-Marie-Belle Antoine and Dinah Shelton will make presentations on the relevance of the Inter-American system of Human Rights, the strengthening process, and the implications for the Caribbean region. Among the panelists will be: Judge Margarette May Macaulay, of the Inter American Court of Human Rights; Dr Hans Geiser, of the IIR; Mr. Colin Robinson, from the Coalition Advocating for the Inclusion of Sexual Orientation (CAISO), Dr. Arif Bulkan, of the Faculty of Law at UWI and Mr. Douglas Mendes, SC, attorney-at-law. The moderators will include Sir Dennis Byron, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice and Dr. Michelle Scobie of IIR.





The Forum of Trinidad and Tobago is one of a series of sub-regional events on the strengthening of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which are taking place place between August and September. These events are part of a profound study that the IACHR diligently conducts with the purpose of reviewing and improving its norms, policies and practices for a better protection of human rights of all persons in the region.





The Forum will start at 9:00 a.m. (local time in Trinidad and Tobago) at the Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies St. Augustine. It will be Webcast.





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 human rights in the region and acts as a consultative body to the OAS in this matter. The Commission is composed of seven independent members who are elected in a personal capacity by the OAS General Assembly and who do not represent their countries of origin or residence.

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