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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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Report No. 112/10 Inter-state Petition IP-02 Admissibility Franklin Guillermo Aisalla Molina (Ecuador-Colombia)

21 October 2011 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military operations - Right to justice - Right to life | Countries:

Access to Justice as a Guarantee of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. A Review of the Standards Adopted by the Inter-American System of Human Rights

7 September 2007 | Publisher: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

El acceso a la justicia como garantía de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales. Estudio de los estándares fijados por el sistema Interamericano de derechos humanos

7 September 2007 | Publisher: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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