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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

The IACHR is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS). Its mandate is found in the OAS Charter and the American Convention on Human Rights. The IACHR represents all of the member States of the OAS. It has seven members who act independently, without representing any particular country. The members of the IACHR are elected by the General Assembly of the OAS. The IACHR is a permanent body which meets in ordinary and special sessions several times a year. The Executive Secretariat of the IACHR carries out the tasks delegated to it by the IACHR and provides legal and administrative support to the IACHR as it carries out its work.  Website: www.cidh.org
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Recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights : Chapter VII of 1998 Annual Report

16 April 1999 | Publisher: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Carlos Raferi Gomes Lopez x Guatemala

16 October 1996 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to health - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Guatemala

Joseph v. Canada

6 October 1993 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Deportation / Forcible return - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Canada - Trinidad and Tobago

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