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OHCHR Human Rights Programme for the Americas
Country Mandates Established by the CHR/HRC
Standing invitations to Special Procedures
Regional Members of the Human Rights Council:
Argentina 2021
Bahamas 2021
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2023
Brazil 2022
Cuba 2023
Mexico 2023
Uruguay 2021
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2022
Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) are currently preparing a public report on the situation of human rights defenders in the Americas. The report falls under the general framework to enhance cooperation between OHCHR and the IACHR (2014 Joint Declaration), and will be launched late in 2019.
To this end, OHCHR and the IACHR have prepared a “Questionnaire on the situation of human rights defenders in the Americas” for States, National Human Rights Institutions, civil society organisations and human rights defenders. Please send your responses to adesouza@ohchr.org, using the email title: “Joint report: Submissions to the Questionnaire”. Where possible please limit the response to each question in the survey to 500 words.
Contributions will be published on this page as they become available.
Questionnaire for National Human Rights Institutions, civil society organizations and human rights defenders in: English | French | Spanish
Note Verbale for States in:English | French | Spanish
Concept Note on the joint report in:English | French | Spanish
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