PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS
OEA/Ser.G
CP/CAJP-1824/01 rev. 1
23 May 2001
Original: Spanish
DRAFT RESOLUTION
SUPPORT FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN INSTRUMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
(Considered at the meeting of May 23, 2001)
DRAFT RESOLUTION
SUPPORT FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN INSTRUMENTS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
(Considered at the meeting of May 23, 2001)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
CONSIDERING the link between democracy and strengthening the system for the promotion
and protection of human rights, and in view of progress made by that system in strengthening
democracy in the Americas;
BEARING IN MIND the effectiveness of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties
of Man in all OAS member states, and progress made in its application and in the application of other
inter-American juridical instruments in the area of human rights, which has contributed to placing the
Hemisphere and its system for the promotion and protection of human rights at the forefront of this
field;
PROPOSAL OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS FOR ALTERNATE TEXT TO SECOND
PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH:
BEARING IN MIND the effectiveness of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties
of Man in all OAS Member States, and progress made in its application and in the application
together with other inter-American juridical instruments in the area of human rights, which has
allowed the Hemisphere and its system for the promotion and protection of human rights to make
progress in this field,
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RECALLING the importance of enjoyment of the benefits of full participation in and access
to the inter-American mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights by all
inhabitants of the Hemisphere;
CONSIDERING:
That the General Assembly, through resolution AG/RES. 1701 (XXX-O/00), "Evaluation of
the Workings of the Inter-American System for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights with
a View to its Improvement and Strengthening," resolved to: "continue to improve and strengthen the
inter-American system, through systematic and ongoing dialogue among the states, the organs of the
system, and other parties involved, aimed at gradually building consensus on the current status of the
system and on the obstacles and deficiencies to be overcome, with a view to guaranteeing the
effective exercise and protection of human rights in the Hemisphere"; and
That, through the same resolution, the General Assembly urged the OAS Member States to
"attach the highest political priority to the universal adoption of the inter-American system through
the signature and ratification of, or accession to, by all member states of the Organization, the
American Convention on Human Rights and the other inter-American human rights instruments", and
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RESOLVES:
1.
To request the Permanent Council, through the Committee on Juridical and Political
Affairs, to foster an exchange of views regarding the signing, signing and ratifying, ratifying or
acceding to, as the case may be, all hemispheric human rights instruments, and to continue to
promote concrete measures to strengthen and improve the inter-American human rights system,
concentrating on efforts to bring about universal adoption of the system and its implementation.
2.
To recommend to the Permanent Council that it prepare and convene, prior to the
thirty-second regular session of the General Assembly, a specialized technical meeting, with the
participation of government experts, other organs of the inter-American system, eminent jurists and
experts, and civil society, to study possibilities and actions to be taken to achieve universal adoption
of the inter-American human rights system, and its implementation.
3.
To instruct the Permanent Council to encourage voluntary contributions to the
specific fund created through resolution AG/RES.
(XXXI-O/01) intended to finance totally or in
part the aforementioned technical meeting.1/
4.
To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-
second regular session on initiatives taken and progress made in the implementation of this
resolution.
1.
Several delegations requested that operative paragraph 3 be deleted.
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