AG/RES. 1605 (XXVIII-O/98)

OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN
COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

(Resolution adopted at the fifth plenary session, held on June 3, 1998)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the observations and recommendations of the Permanent Council on the annual report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (AG/doc.3675/98) and the presentation of that report by the President of the Court, Judge Hernán Salgado Pesantes; and

CONSIDERING:

That Article 54.f of the Charter of the Organization of American States establishes that it is a function of the General Assembly to consider the observations and recommendations presented by the Permanent Council on the reports of the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization in accordance with Article 91.f of the Charter;

That Article 65 of the American Convention on Human Rights establishes that the Court shall submit a report on its work during the preceding year to the OAS General Assembly for consideration, and that the report shall underscore, with appropriate recommendations, cases in which states have not complied with the Court's judgments; and

That the Inter-American Court of Human Rights presented its annual report to the Permanent Council, which forwarded observations and recommendations thereon to the General Assembly,

RESOLVES:

1. To receive and transmit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights the observations and recommendations of the OAS Permanent Council on the annual report.

2. To urge those member states of the OAS that have not yet done so to give special and expedited consideration to signing, ratifying, or acceding to, as appropriate and in accordance with their constitutional and legal processes, the American Convention on Human Rights, or Pact of San José, and to accept, as appropriate, the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

3. To provide the Inter-American Court of Human Rights with an appropriate level of funding and the necessary support for it to continue performing the important functions entrusted to it by the American Convention on Human Rights.

4. To renew its thanks to the European Union for its contribution enabling the Court to complete the third phase of the project entitled "Support for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights."

5. To thank the Danish Centre for Human Rights for assisting the Court through cooperation programs and by financing the services of an attorney at the Secretariat to the Court.

6. To thank the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for its work during the period covered by this report and to urge it to proceed with its important tasks.