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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) invites States, civil society, and other non-state actors to respond to the questionnaire on pending challenges and best practices in States’ compliance with recommendations and decisions of the IACHR regarding the eradication of violence and discrimination against women, girls and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Answers to the questionnaire may be sent until July 4, 2018 (new deadline) to: [email protected].
Please indicate "Questionnaire about Women and Girls - Name of the Country" as subject of the email.
If you do not have internet access, responses may be sent to the following address:
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Organization of American States
1889 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20006
United States of America
addressed to the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women of the IACHR
The Inter-American Commission invites States, civil society, and other non-State actors to answer the questionnaire and contribute any additional information possible for analysis, as part of the preparation of the report.
Responses to this questionnaire must be submitted no later than August 15, 2016 to [email protected] and [email protected]. Please indicate in subject line of email the country about which information is being provided.
If you do not have internet access, responses may be sent to the following address:
Attn: Questionnaire on national protection mechanisms for human rights defenders
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Organization of American States
1889 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20006
United States of America
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