The
Manual for Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities, prepared by the Department of International Affairs
(DIA), is a reference document that provides a summary of the structure and work areas of the OAS, explains the guiding principles for the participation of civil society organizations (CSO) in the OAS, and outlines the means by which CSOs
can participate in OAS activities.
The Department of Public Security was created on 2006 to promote and strengthen integral, long-term public security policies that fully respect human rights.
The Department develops activities to combat organized crime, the illicit manufacturing and trafficking of firearms, ammunition, explosives and related materials, trafficking in persons and criminal gangs. It also promotes activities to improve penitentiary systems, humanitarian demining, police training, legislative assistance and information systems on crime and violence.
DPS acts as Executive Secretariat of the Meetings of Ministers of Public Security (MISPA) of the Hemisphere, the first meeting of which took place in October 2008 in Mexico City. (more information...).
