* Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture

* Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons

* Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women

* Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities

Venezuela worked closely with its neighbors following the 1997 Summit of the Americas in many areas — particularly energy integration — and championed the OAS decision to adopt the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, also being among the first to ratify it ( in 1997 ).

; Inter-American Convention

All states parties to the Convention against Torture and the Inter-American Convention are obliged whenever a person suspected of torture is found in their territory to submit the case to their prosecuting authorities for the purposes of prosecution, or to extradite that person.

* Inter-American Convention Against Corruption

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights was established in 1979 with the purpose of enforcing and interpreting the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights.

The Convention defines the human rights that the states parties are required to respect and guarantee, and it also ordered the establishment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

* Asks the Inter-American Court to provide advisory opinions on matters relating to the interpretation of the Convention or other related instruments.

The bodies responsible for overseeing compliance with the Convention are the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, both of which are organs of the Organization of American States ( OAS ).

Chapters VI, VII, VIII, and IX contain provisions for the creation and operation of the two bodies responsible for overseeing compliance with the Convention: the Inter-American Commission, based in Washington, D. C., United States, and the Inter-American Court, headquartered in San José, Costa Rica.

Under the Convention, cases can be referred to the Court by either the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights or a state party.

# The extent to which the country has taken steps to become a party to and implements the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption.

For example, the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court defines enforced disappearance as a crime against humanity, and the practice is specifically addressed by the OAS's Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons.

The Convention on Migratory Species ( CMS ) and the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles ( IAC ) have also provided olive ridleys with protection, and led to increased conservation and management for this marine turtle.

The advisory function of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights enables it to respond to consultations submitted by agencies and member states of the Organization of American States regarding the interpretation of the American Convention on Human Rights or other instruments governing human rights in the Americas.

The office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) was established by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ( IACHR ) in 1997 to monitor OAS member states ' compliance with the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of freedom of expression.

To declare the case also admissible with respect to the alleged violations to articles 1, 6 and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, to the detriment of Messrs Juan Francisco Arrom Suhurt and Anuncio Martí Méndez.

" Fujimori's alleged association with death squads is currently being studied by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, after the court accepted the case of " Cantuta vs Perú ".

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Anna Escobedo Cabral ( born October 12, 1959 ), currently serves as the Unit Chief for Strategic Communications in the External Relations Division of the Inter-American Development Bank ( IDB ).

Cabral is currently employed with the Inter-American Development Bank as a Senior Advisor.

Bastidas is currently Director for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, a post she also held from 1999-2010.

A trial involving the Brazilian contingent of the military forces of the MINUSTAH is currently in progress at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ( IACHR ).

Sergio García Ramírez ( born February 1, 1938 ) is a Mexican jurist and politician who currently serves as a judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Less respect for the legal conventions was displayed by Castro's right hand man, Che Guevara, who edified the Inter-American Economic and Social council meeting in Montevideo by reading two secret American documents purloined from the United States embassy at Caracas, Venezuela.

But the Latin American republics who have been rather inclined to drag their feet on taking action against Castro also reacted swiftly last week by finally throwing Cuba off the Inter-American Defense Board.

Macroeconomic stability was adversely affected by political uncertainty, the collapse of informal banking cooperatives, high budget deficits, low investment, and reduced international capital flows, including suspension of IFI lending as Haiti fell into arrears with the Inter-American Development Bank ( IDB ) and World Bank.

The CTH, the nation's largest trade confederation, was formed in 1964 by the nation's largest peasant organization, the National Association of Honduran Peasants ( Asociación Nacional de Campesinos de Honduras — Anach ), and by Honduran unions affiliated with the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers ( Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores — ORIT ), a hemispheric labor organization with close ties to the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations ( AFL-CIO ).

Major League Baseball player Moe Berg, a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, was recruited by Nelson Rockefeller ( the coordinator of the U. S. Office of Inter-American Affairs ) and then by the OSS in 1943 because of his language skills.

" The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights states that: " Although it is true that much of the friction between the Government and the churches arises from positions that are directly or indirectly linked to the political situation of the country, it is also true that statements by high government officials, official press statements, and the actions of groups under the control of the Government have gone beyond the limits within which political discussions should take place and have become obstacles to certain specifically religious activities.

In this capacity, Mr. Chester coordinated the development of the Network of the Americas ( La Cadena de las Americas ) with the Department of State, the Office for Inter-American Affairs ( as chaired by Nelson Rockefeller ) and Voice of America.

* Wild Wealth: A documentary about Biodiversity by National Geographic and the Inter-American Development Bank

* Wild Wealth: A documentary about Biodiversity by National Geographic and the Inter-American Development Bank

Arturo Gonzalez was able to enforce his own contract with the transmitter licensees because his Inter-American Radio Advertising, Inc., held the purse strings to all of the money paid by American advertisers for airtime on XERF.

The tour, facilitated by Nelson Rockefeller, who had recently been appointed as Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs ( CIAA ), took Disney and a group of roughly twenty composers, artists, technicians, etc.

* " Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Panama ", by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 1978, describes human rights violations by the Torrijos regime.

For those countries, the Human Rights Committee functions as a mechanism for the international redress of human rights abuses, similar to the regional mechanisms afforded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights or the European Court of Human Rights.

The guidelines and procedures are based in large part on environmental and social impact assessment procedures applied by organizations such as the World Bank Group, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank and the U. S. Export-Import Bank.

Today, it is used by the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Another source of information regarding the environment of microfinance is the Global Microscope on the Microfinance Business Environment, publication prepared by the Economic Intelligence Unit ( EIU ), the Inter-American Development Bank, and others.

* Washington Contentious: Economic Policies for Social Equity in Latin America, by Nancy Birdsall and Augusto de la Torre ( Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Inter-American Dialogue, 2001 )

It was alleged by Azula Barrera and Colombian President Mariano Ospina Pérez that Betancourt had supported the armed rising at the 1948 Inter-American Conference that followed the assassination of Gaitán.