AG/RES. 1417 (XXVI-O/96)

DRAFT RULES GOVERNING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, EXTERNAL ADVISERS OF THE COMMISSION, AND STUDENTS RENDERING UNPAID SERVICES TO THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING

(Resolution adopted at the eighth plenary session, held on June 7, 1996)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
CONSIDERING the urgency and advisability of regulating, as soon as possible, and in a manner compatible with the American Convention on Human Rights, the subject of conflicts of interest applicable to members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, external advisers to the Commission, and students rendering unpaid services to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as part of their training; and

BEARING IN MIND the note from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, dated April 18, 1996, and the note from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, dated May 13, 1996, (AG/doc.3310/96 and add. 1), which report to the Secretary General on fulfillment of the mandate established in resolution AG/RES. 1333 (XXV-O/95),

RESOLVES:

1. To reiterate its request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that they work together to harmonize, in their respective regulations, the rules on external advisers to the Commission in cases in which it appears before the Court.

2. To reiterate its request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that, pursuant to Articles 39 and 71 of the American Convention on Human Rights, it propose amendments to its Statutes regarding conflicts of interest applicable to its members and submit them to the General Assembly at its next regular session.

3. To reiterate its request to the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that, notwithstanding application of the general rules of the Organization on fellowship holders and interns, it adopt the measures it deems necessary to preserve the confidentiality of matters under consideration by the Commission.