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- Consultation period on the second group of rights of the Protocol of San Salvador (available only in Spanish)
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- The Social Charter of the Americas was adopted in Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Progress Indicators for the Measurement of the Rights Considered in the Protocol
of San Salvador adopted - 2011 Work Report (available only in Spanish)
- Joint Meeting (CP/CEPCIDI), November 10, 2011
- Social Actors at OAS Agree on Poverty and Natural Disasters Recommendations for 2012 Summit of the Americas
- Honduras ratifies the Protocol of San Salvador
- Agenda of the activities realized in Colombia in partnership with IIGH
- Agenda of the activities realized in Uruguay in partnership with IIGH
- CAJP Meeting
- Meeting in Colombia
- Consultation with Social Actors
On September 1, 2005,
during the first meeting of the Joint Working Group of the Social Charter of the
Americas, it was decided to give until October 19, 2005 to Member States to
submit their inputs for the elaboration of the Social Charter. The Secretariat
received eight documents presented by different countries or group of countries.
Also, based on theses inputs, the General Secretariat prepared a
Working
document for the discussion of the Working Group.
| Bolivia | United States | |
| Canada | Mesoamerican | |
| CARICOM | Peru | |
| Chile | Venezuela |
Other contributions
During the process of discussion and negotiation of the Social Charter of the
Americas, it was received several inputs from countries or group of countries,
which are listed below:
ALADI
Contributions of the
Member States of the ALADI Group for the Operative Section
of the Draft Social Charter of the Americas: Thematic Reorganization and
Proposal of Introductory Articles (Adopted at the meeting held December 18, 206)
ALADI proposal for Chapter I of the Preliminary Draft of the Operative Section
of the Draft Social Charter of the Americas
Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Uruguay y Venezuela
Proposals by the Delegations of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua,
Uruguay, and Venezuela for
Chapter II of the operative section of the Draft
Social Charter of the Americas
Proposal by the Delegations of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua,
Uruguay, and Venezuela for
Chapter III of the operative section of the Draft
Social Charter of the Americas
Note from the Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
forwarding the draft “Social Charter of the Americas”
Canada
Canadian proposals for consideration in the context of
Chapter III of the
Operative Section of the Draft Social Charter of the Americas -Social
development, equal opportunity, and non-discrimination
Costa Rica
Draft Social Charter of the Americas Proposal by the delegation of Costa Rica
for
Chapter IV Cultural Development, Diversity, and Pluralism
El Salvador
Note from the
Permanent Mission of El Salvador transmitting a proposal by the
Central American Group (GRUCA) on the preparation of the draft social Charter of
the Americas and a plan of action
Note from the Permanent Mission of El Salvador submitting a proposed text for
article 4 of chapter v of the operative section of the Draft Social Charter of
the Americas
Guatemala
Proposal presented by the Delegation of Guatemala for a new article on
access to
water
Note from the Permanent Mission of Guatemala presenting a proposal by the
Republic of Guatemala for a
paragraph in the preamble to the Social Charter of
the Americas
Mexico
Comparative exercise on main international instruments on social rights and
principles (available only in Spanish)
United States
Alternative Proposal for paragraph 4 (Old 3) of Article 2,
Chapter II of the
operative section of the Draft Social Charter of the Americas presented by the
Delegation of the United States
Proposal for the Chapter III of the Operative Section of the Draft Social
Charter of the Americas (Proposal prepared by the Delegation of the United
States)
Proposal for chapter IV - Cultural development, diversity and pluralism - of the
Draft Social Charter of the Americas (Presented by the Delegation of the United
States)
Proposal for chapter V (Solidarity and Collective Effort of the Americas) of the
Draft Social Charter of the Americas (Presented by the Delegation of the United
States)
Civil Society
CARICOM Charter of Civil Society
Meeting of the Joint Working Group with the participation of representatives of
international organizations (Special Meeting held of October 13, 2005)
Documents prepared by the Technical Secretariat as
input to the Working Group
1.
The Concept of Gender in the Social Charter (Document presented by the
Technical Secretariat of the Joint Working Group of the Permanent Council and CEPCIDI on the Draft Social Charter of the Americas in response to the request
for information made at the meeting of the Working Group on September 20, 2011)
2.
Consolidated document of proposals for Chapters IV and V
of the Draft Social
Charter of the Americas (Proposals by the Secretariat and Member States)
3.
Proposal for Chapters IV (Cultural development, diversity and pluralism) and
Chapter V (Solidarity and Collective Effort of the Americas) of the Draft Social
Charter of the Americas (Document presented by the Secretariat)
4.
Reorganization of the Working Document for the Discussions of the Working
Group (Document prepared by the General Secretariat pursuant to the mandate
received at the meeting of the Drafting group celebrated on March 6, 2007)
5.
Explanatory note from the Secretariat on the drafting of the reordering of
the working document GTC/CASA/doc.20/05 corr 1
6.
Presentation by the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development on factors
to take into consideration in drafting a proposed plan of action for chapter one
of the Social Charter of the Americas
7.
Resolutions on informal work by the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour (IACML), the Fourth Summit of the Americas and the International Labour
Organization (ILO) (Informative document presented by the Secretariat)
8.
Proposal for Chapter III of the Operative Section of the Draft Social Charter
of the Americas (Proposal prepared by the Secretariat)
9.
Preliminary Draft Plan of Action of the Social Charter of the Americas
(Presented by the General Secretariat)
10.
Draft operative paragraphs to the Social Charter of the Americas (Working
document prepared by the OAS General Secretariat for the Working Group to
Prepare the Social Charter of the Americas and its Plan of Action)
11.
Draft preamble to the Social Charter of the Americas (Working document
prepared by the OAS General Secretariat for the Working Group to Prepare the
Social Charter of the Americas and its Plan of Action)
12. Outline for the operative section of the Social Charter of the Americas:
Option A
13. Outline for the operative section of the Social Charter of the Americas:
Option B
14.
Working document for the discussions of the Working Group (Document prepared
by the General Secretariat pursuant to the mandate contained in document
CP/SA.1489/05)
15.
Background and proposals for drafting the Social Charter of the Americas
(Presented by the General Secretariat)