Each year the OAS Secretary General publishes a proposed Program-Budget for the coming calendar year. The OAS General Assembly meets in a Special Session to approve the Program-Budget. Find these documents from 1998-2013 here.
Each year in April, the OAS Board of External Auditors publishes a report covering the previous calendar year’s financial results. Reports covering 1996-2016 may be found here.
Approximately six weeks after the end of each semester, the OAS publishes a Semiannual Management and Performance Report, which since 2013 includes reporting on programmatic results. The full texts may be found here.
Here you will find data on the Human Resources of the OAS, including its organizational structure, each organizational unit’s staffing, vacant posts, and performance contracts.
The OAS executes a variety of projects funded by donors. Evaluation reports are commissioned by donors. Reports of these evaluations may be found here.
The Inspector General provides the Secretary General with reports on the audits, investigations, and inspections conducted. These reports are made available to the Permanent Council. More information may be found here.
The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
Here you will find information related to the GS/OAS Procurement Operations, including a list of procurement notices for formal bids, links to the performance contract and travel control measure reports, the applicable procurement rules and regulations, and the training and qualifications of its staff.
The OAS Treasurer certifies the financial statements of all funds managed or administered by the GS/OAS. Here you will find the latest general purpose financial reports for the main OAS funds, as well as OAS Quarterly Financial Reports (QFRs).
Every year the GS/OAS publishes the annual operating plans for all areas of the Organization, used to aid in the formulation of the annual budget and as a way to provide follow-up on institutional mandates.
Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
Shape the public policy agenda from a rights-based perspective for the full citizenship of women and the elmination of gender-based discrimination and violence.
Vision
CIM is the main generator of hemispheric policies that link public policy with international legal framework on human rights through dialogue between strategic sectors.
Legal instruments
Statute of the Inter-American Commission of Women
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Regulations of the Inter-American Commission of Women
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Rules of Procedure of the CIM Assembly of Delegates
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Agreement between the Inter-American Commission of Women and the Organization of American States
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Established in 1928, the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) was the first inter-governmental agency established to ensure recognition of women's human rights.
CIM is made up of 34 Delegates, one for each OAS Member State, and has become the principal forum for debating and formulating policy on women's rights and gender equality in the Americas.
CIM Delegates are designated by their respective governments. These representatives meet every three years during the Assembly of Delegates. The Assembly is CIM's highest authority - it established the policies and program of work of the Commission.
The Assembly also elects a nine-member Executive Committee, which meets once or twice a year in order to address and resolve more routine matters.
Functions of the CIM
Support Member States, upon their request, in their compliance with their respective international and inter-American commitments on women’s human rights and gender equity and equality, including the implementation of international and inter-American instruments, the provisions adopted by specialized international or inter-American conferences, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (“the General Assembly”), the Summits of the Americas and the Assembly of Delegates of the CIM (the “Assembly”)
Support the efforts of Member States to promote full and equal access, participation, representation, leadership and influence of women in the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural spheres
Promote the participation and leadership of women in the planning and implementation of public policies and programs
Advise the Organization in all matters related to women's rights and gender equality
Collaborate with Member States, other international organizations, civil society groups, academia and the private sector in support of women's rights and gender equality in the hemisphere
Report, on an annual basis, to the General Assembly on the work of the CIM, including relevant aspects of the status of women in the hemisphere, on progress made in terms of women's human rights and gender equity and equality and on specific issues of concern in these areas, and to elevate concrete recommendations to the Member States in relation to the above
Contribute to the development of international and inter-American jurisprudence on women’s human rights and gender equity and equality
Foster the formulation and adoption of inter-American instruments for the recognition of women as rights holders and agents of democracy
Promote the adoption or adaptation of the necessary legal measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women