Speeches
2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Commemoration of Human Rights Day
Special session of the permanent council.
Washington, D.C., December 11, 2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Special Meeting of the Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., November 20, 2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
“Freedom of Religion and Belief. Inter-American Standards”
Special Session of the Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., October 23, 2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the Creation and Installation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the 55th Anniversary of the adoption of the American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José, Costa Rica), and the 45th Anniversary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Special Session of the Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., October 9, 2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Reports on the execution of the Regular Fund in 2023 and the first semester of 2024 and implementation of the Strategic Plan 2023-2027 of the IACHR.
Washington, D.C., October 2, 2024
Commissioner Andrea Pochak
Preliminary report of the Observation Mission of the Organization of American States for the selection of judges of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Courts of Appeals in Guatemala
Regular Meeting of the Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 2, 2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Special meeting of the Permanent Council to address the situation in Venezuela.
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Commemoration of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, and the International Day for People of African Descent.
Washington, D.C., August 22, 2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the IACHR
190th Period of Sessions.
Washington, D.C., July 15, 2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2023 Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to the 54th General Assembly of the Organization of American States.
Asunción, Paraguay, June 28, 2024
Commissioner Andrea Pochak
Commemoration of the International Day of Action on Women’s Health
Legal challenges and advances in the region
Regular Meeting of the Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., June 5, 2024
Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Tania Reneaum Panszi
Presentación del Informe Anual 2023 a la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos (CAJP) del Consejo Permanente de la Organización de los Estados Americanos. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., April 25, 2024
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Transformative approaches towards substantive gender equality
Special Meeting of the Permanent Council to commemorate International Women’s Day.
Washington, D.C., March 6, 2024
2023
Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
“La situación en Guatemala”
Sesión Ordinaria del Consejo Permanente. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., November 29, 2023
Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of people of African Descent, including Afro-descendant women and girls, and particularly, the convenience of adopting a Declaration on the Promotion, Protection and Full Respect of the Human Rights of people of African Descent in the Americas - OAS Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs.
Washington, D.C., October 26, 2023
Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Reports on the execution of the Regular Fund in 2022 and the first semester of 2023 and implementation of the Strategic Plan 2023-2027 of the IACHR.
Regular Meeting of the Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., October 25, 2023
Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
“La situación en Nicaragua”
Sesión Ordinaria del Consejo Permanente. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 11, 2023
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón
Sesión Ordinaria del Consejo Permanente de la OEA, Conmemoración del 50 aniversario del golpe de Estado en Chile. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., September 5, 2023
Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Tania Reneaum Panszi
Presentación sobre la situación en Guatemala
Sesión Extraordinaria del Consejo Permanente. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., September 1, 2023
Soledad García Muñoz
“Herramientas para el Desarrollo y Fortalecimiento de los DESCA”
Sesión Conjunta del CIDI y el Consejo Permanente de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., August 30, 2023
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, Second Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Tools for the Development and Strengthening of ESCERs
Joint Meeting of CIDI and the OAS Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., August 30, 2023
Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation on the situation in Guatemala at the special meeting of the Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., July 26, 2023
Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Reunión Extraordinaria del Consejo Permanente
Fomentar el Intercambio de Experiencias sobre la Promoción y Protección de los Derechos Humanos y el papel de las Empresas Armamentísticas en este ámbito, en cumplimiento del mandato establecido en Resolución Ag/Res. 2990 (lII-O/22). (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., May 31, 2023
Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2022 annual report of the IACHR to the Committee of Juridical and Political Affairs. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., April 20, 2023
Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Observaciones preliminares de la visita in loco a Bolivia. (available in Spanish)
La Paz, Bolivia, March 31, 2023
Commissioner Roberta Clarke, Second Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
"Contributions of Member States to counter intolerance and discrimination in the Region"
Special Meeting of the Permanent Council convened at the request of the Permanent Mission of Mexico.
Washington, D.C., March 29, 2023
Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, Second Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
"The situation in Haiti"
Presentation to the Regular meeting of the Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., February 1, 2023
Commissioner Edgar Stuardo Ralón Orellana, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
"Los acontecimientos recientes en la República del Perú". (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., January 30, 2023
Commissioner Edgar Stuardo Ralón Orellana, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
“La situación en Perú”
Sesión ordinaria del Consejo Permanente. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., January 18, 2023
2022
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Conmemoración del Día de los Derechos Humanos. (available in Spanish)
Washington, DC, December 8, 2022
Commissioner Roberta Clarke
"Good practices of inclusion and rights recognition of LGBTI persons in the Americas"
Special Meeting of the Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., November 15, 2022
Commissioner Edgar Stuardo Ralón Orellana, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
OAS Permanent Council Special Session to consider the situation in Peru. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 20, 2022
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2021 Annual Report of the IACHR before the 52nd Regular Session of the OAS General Assembly. (available in Spanish)
Lima, Perú, October 7, 2022
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the IACHR report on the execution of the Regular Fund budget for the year 2021 and the first semester of 2022 and the final report of the external evaluation of the 2017-2021 Strategic Plan, at the Regular Session of the Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., September 21, 2022
Commissioner Joel Hernández García
Commemoration of the International Day for People of African Descent, at the Regular Session of the Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., September 7, 2022
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation on the human rights situation in Nicaragua, to the Special Session of the Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., August 12, 2022
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 2021 de la CIDH a la CAJP de la Organización de Estados Americanos. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., June 16, 2022
Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño
Conmemoración del Día Internacional contra la Homofobia, Lesbofobia, Bifobia y Transfobia, en la Sesión Ordinaria del Consejo Permanente. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., May 18, 2022
Commissioner Roberta Clarke
Commemoration of the International Day of Trans Visibility, at the Virtual Regular Session of the Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., April 6, 2022
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
"Mejores prácticas para promover la igualdad de género y prevenir la violencia sexual y de género en las Américas", Sesión Extraordinaria del Consejo Permanente para celebrar el Día Internacional de la Mujer. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., March 10, 2022
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Remarks at the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Washington, D.C., March 2, 2022
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
"Los derechos humanos y la democracia", Celebración del 50º Aniversario de la Conferencia de Ministros de Justicia de los Países Iberoamericanos (COMJIB): Un nuevo horizonte para justicia en Iberoamérica. (available in Spanish)
Barranquilla, Colombia, February 16, 2022
2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Sesión Ordinaria virtual del Consejo Permanente, Conmemoración del Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., December 15, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Situation of human rights and the rule of law in Nicaragua.
OAS Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., November 29, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Sesión Extraordinaria del Consejo Permanente para Conmemorar el Día Internacional de la eliminación de la violencia contra la mujer. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., November 22, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 2020 de la CIDH, en el Quincuagésimo Primer Período Ordinario De Sesiones de la Asamblea General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos. (available in Spanish)
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, November 12, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Sesión Ordinaria del Consejo Permanente, durante la presentación del informe "Concentración del Poder y Debilitamiento del Estado de Derecho en Nicaragua" . (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., November 3, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Sesión Ordinaria del Consejo Permanente, Presentación de Informes de ejecución del presupuesto del Fondo Regular de la CIDH relativos a 2020 y primer semestre de 2021, e informe anual de implementación del Plan Estratégico de la CIDH 2017-2021 correspondiente al primer semestre de 2021 (CP/INF. 9133/21). (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Sesión Ordinaria del Consejo Permanente, "Situación de las personas con enfermedades raras en la región" . (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., September 15, 2021
Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay
"Celebration of the International Day of Persons of African Descent", Regular Session of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., September 1, 2021
Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, Second Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Final del Grupo Interdisciplinario de Expertos Independientes (GIEI-Bolivia). (available in Spanish)
La Paz, Bolivia, August 17, 2021
Commissioner Flávia Piovesan
Presentation of the Final Report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI-Bolivia). (available in Spanish)
La Paz, Bolivia, August 17, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Final del Grupo Interdisciplinario de Expertos Independientes (GIEI-Bolivia) . (available in Spanish)
La Paz, Bolivia, August 17, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Sesión Extraordinaria del Consejo Permanente para conmemorar el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas y la Cuarta Semana Interamericana de los Pueblos Indígenas. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., August 11, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Remarks by Commissioner Antonia Urrejola, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at the Special Session of the Permanent Council of the OAS, "The Situation in Nicaragua".
Washington, D.C., June 23, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Sesión Ordinaria del Consejo Permanente de la OEA, "La Situación en Nicaragua". (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 2020 de la CIDH a la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos de la OEA . (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., April 15, 2021
2020
Commissioner Joel Hernández García, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Quincuagésimo Período Ordinario de Sesiones de la Asamblea General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 21, 2020
Commissioner Joel Hernández García, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
"Seguimiento de la situación en Venezuela" , en la Sesión Extraordinaria virtual del Consejo Permanente . (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., September 29, 2020
Commissioner Edgar Stuardo Ralón Orellana
Sesión Ordinaria de la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos (CAJP). (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., June 25, 2020
Commissioner Joel Hernández García, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Virtual Regular Session of the OAS Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., June 24, 2020
Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Paulo Abrão
Presentation of the “Report on the Execution of the Budget of the Regular Fund IACHR
2019”, the “Annual Report on the Implementation of the IACHR Strategic Plan 2017-2021. Year 2019”; and on the activities of the IACHR in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual Regular Session of the OAS Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., June 24, 2020
Commissioner Flávia Piovesan
Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP). (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., June 11, 2020
Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño
Informe sobre la visita in loco a la frontera colombo-venezolana para monitorear la situación de derechos humanos en Venezuela.
Sesión del Consejo Permanente de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., May 27, 2020
Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Paulo Abrão
Situation of human rights in Venezuela.
Session of the OAS Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., May 27, 2020
Commissioner Joel Hernández García, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2019 Annual Report of the IACHR to the OAS Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., April 30, 2020
2019
Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Speech by Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Presentation of the 2018 IACHR Annual Report to the OAS General Assembly.
Medellin, Colombia, June 28, 2019
Commissioner Flávia Piovesan
Acto de firma de Acuerdo de Solución Amistosa caso 13.017 C Familiares de víctimas de la dictadura militar de octubre de 1968 a diciembre de 1989 en Panamá. (available in Spanish)
Panamá, May 23, 2019
Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 2018 de la CIDH a la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., March 21, 2019
Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Paulo Abrão
Presents an update on the human rights situation in Nicaragua, at a Special Session of the Permanent Council at the request of the OAS Secretary General. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., January 11, 2019
2018
Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation on the social and political situation in Nicaragua, in a special session of the OAS Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., December 27, 2018
Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Special Meeting of the OAS Permanent Council to commemorate the seventieth anniversaries of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
Washington, D.C., December 4, 2018
Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Paulo Abrão
Presents an update of the human rights situation in Nicaragua, to the OAS Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 19, 2018
Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Paulo Abrão
Presentation on the human rights situation in Nicaragua: the activities of the IACHR; the installation of the Special Follow-up Mechanism for Nicaragua (MESENI) and the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), to the Permanent Council of the OAS. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., July 11, 2018
Commissioner Antonia Urrejola Noguera
Report on the situation of human rights in Nicaragua, before the Permanent Council of the OAS. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., June 22, 2018
Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2017 IACHR Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., March 22, 2018
Commissioner Francisco José Eguiguren Praeli, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación informe de país Institucionalidad democrática, estado de derecho y derechos humanos en Venezuela. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., February 12, 2018
2017
Commissioner Francisco José Eguiguren Praeli, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 2016 ante la Asamblea General de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Cancún, México, June 21, 2017
Commissioner Francisco José Eguiguren Praeli, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 2016 ante el Comité de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., April 27, 2017
2016
Commissioner James L. Cavallaro, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Remarks by Commissioner James Cavallaro, Chair of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to the Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., October 19, 2016
Commissioner James L. Cavallaro, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the Annual Report of the IACHR to the 46th General Assembly. (available in Spanish)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 15, 2016
Commissioner James L. Cavallaro, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Consejo Permanente de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., May 25, 2016
Commissioner James L. Cavallaro, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Clausura del 157 período de sesiones de la CIDH. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., April 12, 2016
Commissioner James L. Cavallaro
Presentation of the 2015 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridicial and Political Affairs of the OAS Permanent Council. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., March 17, 2016
2015
Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2014 Annual Report of the IACHR to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2015
Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Speech by Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, at the close of its 154th Sessions.
Washington, D.C., March 27, 2015
2014
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez
Lanzamiento del informe “Verdad, justicia y reparación: cuarto informe sobre la situación de derechos humanos en Colombia”. (available in Spanish)
Bogotá, Colombia, September 28, 2014
Commissioner Tracy Robinson, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2013 Annual Report by the President of the IACHR to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.
Washington, D.C., April 23, 2014
Commissioner Tracy Robinson, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Speech by Commissioner Tracy Robinson, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, at the close of its 150th Sessions.
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2014
2013
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Remarks by José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Chair of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, at the closing of the 149th regular session.
Washington, D.C., November 7, 2013
Commissioner Rodrigo Escobar Gil
Discurso del Comisionado Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Relator de la CIDH sobre los Derechos de las Personas Privadas de Libertad. (available in Spanish)
Casa Presidencial, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 2, 2013
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2012 Annual Report to the General Assembly.
Antigua, Guatemala, June 6, 2013
Commissioner Rodrigo Escobar Gil
Discurso del Comisionado Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Relator sobre los Derechos de las Personas Privadas de Libertad. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2013
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2012 Annual Report to the Committee on CAJP of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.
Washington, D.C., April 16, 2013
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.
Washington, D.C., March 8, 2013
2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Firma del Memorando de entendimiento con la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Colombia. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., November 15, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Sesión Especial del Consejo Permanente de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., November 7, 2012
Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine
Seminar “Stigma and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth Caribbean”.
Barbados, October 11, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Exposición: "La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos: Patrimonio común de los pueblos de las Américas". (available in Spanish)
Ciudad de México, September 14, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Foro de México. (available in Spanish)
Mexico city, September 14, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Foro de San José. (available in Spanish)
San José, Costa Rica, September 11, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Foro de Santiago de Chile. (available in Spanish)
Santiago de Chile, Chile, September 7, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Foro de Bogotá. (available in Spanish)
Bogotá, Colombia, August 22, 2012
Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine
Exhibit of the AIDS Quilt at the OAS grounds in the context of the World Aids Conference.
Washington, D.C., July 23, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
OAS General Assembly at its Forty-Second Regular Session.
Cochabamba, Bolivia, June 5, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Preparatory Seminar on the Strengthening of the Inter-American Human Rights System.
Washington, D.C., May 30, 2012
Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Santiago Canton
Remarks by the IACHR Executive Secretary Santiago A. Canton at the reception organized by the staff of the IACHR Executive Secretariat to honor his leadership.
Washington, D.C., May 17, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the IACHR Annual Report 2011 to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., April 9, 2012
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inaugural Ceremony of the 144th Regular Session of the IACHR.
Washington, D.C., March 19, 2012
2011
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Firma del Acuerdo de Cooperación entre la CIDH y la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación de México. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 14, 2011
Commissioner Dinah Shelton, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Firma del Acuerdo de Cooperación entre la CIDH y la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación de México. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 14, 2011
Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Speech by the First Vice-Chair, Jose de Jesus Orozco, to the OAS General Assembly During its 41st. Period of Sessions.
San Salvador, El Salvador, June 7, 2011
Commissioner Dinah Shelton, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2010 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., April 14, 2011
Commissioner Dinah Shelton, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inaugural Ceremony of the 141th Regular Session of the IACHR.
Washington, D.C., March 21, 2011
2010
Commissioner Felipe González, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
OAS General Assembly during its 140th Period of Sessions.
Lima, Peru, June 8, 2010
Commissioner Felipe González, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the IACHR 2009 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., April 15, 2010
Commissioner Felipe González, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inaugural Ceremony of the 138th Regular Session of the IACHR.
Washington, D.C., March 17, 2010
2009
Commissioner Luz Patricia Mejía, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Consejo Permanente de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., November 11, 2009
Commissioner Luz Patricia Mejía, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Speech by the IACHR Chair, Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, to the 39th Period of Sessions of the General Assembly of the OAS.
San Pedro Sula, Honduras, June 4, 2009
Commissioner Luz Patricia Mejía, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 2008 de la CIDH ante el Comité de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos del Consejo Permanente de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2009
Commissioner Luz Patricia Mejía, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inaugural Ceremony of the 2009 Periods of Sessions of the IACHR.
Washington, D.C., March 25, 2009
2008
Commissioner Paolo G. Carozza, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inaugural Session of the 133rd Regular Period of Sessions of the IACHR.
Washington, D.C., October 20, 2008
Commissioner Paolo G. Carozza, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2007 Annual Report of the IACHR before the OAS General Assembly.
Medellin, Colombia, June 3, 2008
Commissioner Paolo G. Carozza, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the IACHR 2007 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2008
2007
Commissioner Florentín Meléndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos del Consejo Permanente. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 18, 2007
Commissioner Florentín Meléndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inauguración del 130º Período Ordinario de Sesiones. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 9, 2007
Commissioner Florentín Meléndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
OAS General Assembly.
Panama City, June 5, 2007
Commissioner Florentín Meléndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the IACHR 2006 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., March 29, 2007
Commissioner Florentín Meléndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inauguración del 127º Período Ordinario de Sesiones. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., February 26, 2007
2006
Commissioner Evelio Fernández Arévalos, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Opening Session of the 126th Regular Session.
Washington, D.C., October 17, 2006
Commissioner Evelio Fernández Arévalos, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2005 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., April 27, 2006
2005
Commissioner Sir Clare Kamau Roberts, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inauguración del 123º Período Ordinario de Sesiones. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 11, 2005
Commissioner Sir Clare Kamau Roberts, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Asamblea General de la OEA, en su Trigésimo Quinto Período Ordinario de Sesiones, sobre la Situación de los Derechos Humanos en el Hemisferio. (available in Spanish)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 5, 2005
Commissioner Sir Clare Kamau Roberts, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the IACHR 2004 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.
Washington, D.C., April 15, 2005
Commissioner Sir Clare Kamau Roberts, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Ceremony where the Government of Brazil presented a donation for the Special Rapporteurship on the Rights of Afro-Descendants and Against Racial Discrimination and Racism.
Washington, D.C., February 28, 2005
Commissioner Sir Clare Kamau Roberts, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inauguration of the 122nd Regular Period of Sessions.
Washington, D.C., February 24, 2005
2004
Commissioner Susana Villarán de la Puente, Second Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 2003 de la CIDH ante la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos del Consejo Permanente de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., March 29, 2004
Commissioner José Zalaquett Daher, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inauguración del 119º Período Ordinario de Sesiones. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., February 23, 2004
2003
Commissioner José Zalaquett Daher, First Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inauguración del 118º Período Ordinario de Sesiones. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2003
Commissioner Marta Altolaguirre Larraondo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Asamblea General de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Santiago de Chile, June 10, 2003
Commissioner Marta Altolaguirre Larraondo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2002 IACHR Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., April 2, 2003
Commissioner Marta Altolaguirre Larraondo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Organization of American States.
Washington, D.C., February 28, 2003
Commissioner Juan Méndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Third Regular Session of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE).
San Salvador, El Salvador, January 23, 2003
2002
Commissioner Juan Méndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the Inter-American Commission’s Report on Terrorism and Human Rights to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs, OAS Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., December 12, 2002
Commissioner Juan Méndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Opening Session of the 116th Regular Session.
Washington, D.C., October 7, 2002
Commissioner Juan Méndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the IACHR 2001 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
Washington, D.C., April 30, 2002
Commissioner Juan Méndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, at the Working Session of the OAS Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs.
Washington, D.C., April 4, 2002
Commissioner Juan Méndez, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inauguration of the 114th Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Washington, D.C., February 25, 2002
2001
Commissioner Claudio Grossman
Opening Meeting of the 113th Regular Session of the IACHR.
Washington, D.C., October 1, 2001
Commissioner Claudio Grossman
Dialogue on the improvement of the Inter-American Human Rights System during the OAS General Assembly. (available in Spanish)
Lima, Perú, June 5, 2001
Commissioner Claudio Grossman
Special session of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS, on the Improvement of the Inter-American Human Rights System.
Washington, D.C., May 3, 2001
Commissioner Claudio Grossman
Presentation of the IACHR 2000 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., April 26, 2001
2000
Commissioner Hélio Bicudo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Cumbre de las Américas. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., November 28, 2000
Commissioner Marta Altolaguirre Larraondo
Sesión Inaugural de la Trigésima Asamblea de delegadas de la Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM). (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., November 15, 2000
Commissioner Hélio Bicudo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación ante la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 19, 2000
Commissioner Hélio Bicudo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Sesión Inaugural del 108° Periodo Ordinario de Sesiones. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., October 4, 2000
Commissioner Hélio Bicudo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group For Human Rights.
San José, Costa Rica, October 2, 2000
Commissioner Hélio Bicudo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 1999 de la CIDH a la Comisión General de la Asamblea General de la OEA. (available in Spanish)
Windsor, Canada, June 6, 2000
Commissioner Hélio Bicudo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the hemisphere, OAS General Assembly.
Windsor, Canada, June 6, 2000
Commissioner Hélio Bicudo, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 1999 Annual Report of the IACHR to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS Permanent Council.
Washington, D.C., May 11, 2000
Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Jorge Enrique Taiana
Special Committee on Management of Inter-American Summits. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., February 18, 2000
1999
Commissioner Robert K. Goldman, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Fortieth Anniversary of the Creation of the Commission, The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Adoption of the American Convention and the Twentieth Anniversary of the operation of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. (available in Spanish)
San Jose, Costa Rica, November 22, 1999
Commissioner Robert K. Goldman, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Apertura del Centésimo Cuarto Período Ordinario de Sesiones. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., September 19, 1999
Commissioner Robert K. Goldman, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Situation of Human Rights in the Hemisphere, OAS General Assembly. (available in Spanish)
Ciudad de Guatemala, June 8, 1999
Commissioner Robert K. Goldman, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentación del Informe Anual 1998 de la CIDH ante la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos del Consejo Permanente. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., April 29, 1999
Commissioner Carlos Ayala Corao, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inaugural Session of the 102nd Regular Session. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., February 22, 1999