Speeches
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Remarks by Commissioner Roberta Clarke, Rapporteur on the Rights of LGBTI Persons,
Regular Meeting of the Permanent Council of the OAS which includes the Commemoration of Trans Day of Visibility
April 6, 2022 -
Remarks by Commissioner Julissa Mantilla Falcón, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR),
at the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
March 2, 2022 -
Remarks by Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay,
at the Regular Session of the Permanent Council of the OAS, "Celebration of the International Day of Persons of African Descent"
Washington, D.C., September 1, 2021 -
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 -
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
Medellín, June 28, 2019 -
Speech by the IACHR President, Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, at the 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 -
Remarks by Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay
President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Presentation of the 2017 IACHR Annual Report to the
Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS
Washington D.C., March 22, 2018 -
REMARKS BY COMMISSIONER JAMES CAVALLARO, CHAIR OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, TO THE PERMANENT COUNCIL
Washington D.C., October 19, 2016 -
PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE IACHR BY THE PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER JAMES CAVALLARO, TO THE 46th GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 15, 2016 -
Speech by the IACHR President, Commissioner James Cavallaro, to the Committee on Juridicial and Political Affairs of the OAS Permanent Council (in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., March 17, 2016 - Speech by Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine,
President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, at the
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Address by the President of the IACHR at the presentation of the 2012 Annual Report to the General Assembly.
La Antigua, Guatemala, June 6, 2013 - Remarks by the President of the IACHR at the 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 
Address by the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.
Washington, D.C., March 8, 2013
Speech by Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine at the Seminar “Stigma and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth Caribbean”.
Barbados, October 11, 2012.
Address by Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine on the occasion of the Exhibit of the AIDS Quilt at the OAS grounds in the context of the World Aids Conference. Washington, D.C., July 23, 2012.-
Address Delivered by the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, to the OAS General Assembly at its Forty-Second Regular Session.
Cochabamba, Bolivia, June 5, 2012. 
Remarks by the IACHR President José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, at the Preparatory Seminar on the Strengthening of the Inter-American Human Rights System.
Washington, D.C., May 30, 2012
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. Museum of the Americas, May 17, 2012
Address by the Chair of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, at the Presentation of the IACHR Annual Report 2011 to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS. Washington, D.C., April 9, 2012-
Speech by the IACHR Chair,
José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, at the
Inaugural Ceremony of the 144th Regular Session of the IACHR
Washington, D.C., March 19, 2012 -
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 -
Speech by the IACHR Chair, Dinah Shelton, at the 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 - Speech by the IACHR Chair, Dinah Shelton, at the
Inaugural Ceremony of the 141th Regular Session of the IACHR
Washington, D.C., March 21, 2011
Speech by the IACHR
Chair, Felipe González, to the OAS General Assembly during its 140th Period
of Sessions
Lima, Peru, June 8, 2010
Speech by the IACHR Chair, Felipe González, at the 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- Speech by the IACHR Chair, Felipe
González, at the Inaugural Ceremony of the 138th Regular Session of the IACHR
Washington, D.C., March 17, 2010 - 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 -
Speech by the IACHR Chair, Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, at the Inaugural Ceremony of the 2009 Periods of Sessions of the IACHR
Washington, D.C., March 25, 2009 -
Speech by IACHR Chair, Paolo Carozza, at the Inaugural Session of the 133rd Regular Period of Sessions of the IACHR
Washington D.C. October 20, 2008 - Speech by the IACHR Chair, Paolo Carozza,
at the 2008 OAS General Assembly
Medellin, June 3, 2008 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Paolo Carozza, at the 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 - Speech by the IACHR Chair, Florentín Meléndez, at the 2007 OAS General Assembly
Panama City, June 5, 2007 - Speech by the IACHR Chair, Florentín Meléndez, at the 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 - Speech by the IACHR Chair, Evelio Fernández Arévalos,
at the Opening Session of the 126th Regular Session
Washington, D.C., October 17, 2006 - Speech by the IACHR Chair, Evelio Fernández Arévalos, at the 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 - Speech by the IACHR Chair, Clare K. Roberts, at the 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 - Speech by Clare K. Roberts, Chair of the Inter-American Commission, at the 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 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Clare K. Roberts, on the Inauguration of the 122nd Regular Period of Sessions
Washington, D.C, February 24, 2005 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Marta Altolaguirre Larraondo, at the 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 - Speech by Commissioner Juan E. Méndez, before the Committee on Hemispheric Security
Washington, D.C. March 4, 2003 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Marta Altolaguirre, to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Organization of American States.
Washington, D.C., February 28, 2003 - Presentation by IACHR Chair, Juan E. Méndez, at the Third Regular Session of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE)
San Salvador, El Salvador, January 23, 2003 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Juan E. Méndez, at the Presentation of the IACHR Report on Terrorism and Human Rights, before the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs, Permanent Council, OAS
Washington D.C., December 12, 2002 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Juan E. Méndez, at the Opening Session of the 116th Regular Session
Washington, D.C., October 7, 2002 - Speech by IACHR
Chair, Juan E. Méndez, at the Presentation of the IACHR 2001 Annual Report
to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council
of the OAS
April 30, 2002 - Speech by IACHR
Chair, Juan E. Méndez, at a Working Meeting of the Committee on Juridical
and Political Affairs of the Organization of American States
Washington, D.C., April 4, 2002 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Juan Méndez, at the Inauguration of the 114th Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
February 25, 2002 - Statement by
IACHR Chair, Claudio Grossman, at the Opening Meeting of the 113th Regular
Session of the IACHR
Washington, D.C., October 10, 2001 - Speech by IACHR
Chair, Claudio Grossman, at a 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 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Claudio Grossman, at the 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 - Speech by IACHR
Chair, Hélio Bicudo, at the Inaugural Session of Its 110º Regular Session
Washington D.C., February 21, 2001 - 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 - Speech by IACHR
Chair, Hélio Bicudo, on the Situation of Human Rights in the Hemisphere, to
the OAS General Assembly
Windsor, Canada June 6, 2000 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Hélio Bicudo, at the Presentation of the 1999 Annual Report of the IACHR to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS Permanent Council
Windsor, Canada June 6, 2000 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Hélio Bicudo, at the Presentation of the 1999 Annual Report of the IACHR to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the OAS Permanent Council
May 11, 2000 - Speech by IACHR Chair, Robert K. Goldman, at the Opening of the 106th Regular Session
Washington, D.C., February 22, 2000 - Speech by the IACHR Chair, Robert K. Goldman, at the Opening of the 104th Regular Session
Washington D.C., September 21, 1999 - Speech of the
IACHR Chair, Robert K. Goldman, before the OAS General Assembly, on the
Situation of Human Rights in the Hemisphere
Guatemala, June 8, 1999 - Speech by the
IACHR Chair, Robert K. Goldman, at the presentation of the IACHR 1998 Annual
Report to the Juridical and Political Affairs Committee of the OAS Permanent
Council
April 29, 1999 - Speech by the
IACHR Chair, Carlos Ayala Corao, at the Opening Session of the one 102nd
Regular Session
Washington, D.C., February 22, 1999
