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Inter-American Commission Update

By humanrightsathome

The financial crisis facing the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights continues, but a detailed press release issued on September 8, 2016, lays out a path for resuming full operations during the Commission’s “second semester.”   If countries fulfill their formal pledges of support by September 30, the Commission will be able to reinstate hearings scheduled for late November and December 2016, which are currently suspended.   The press release also notes that the current IACHR budget of less than $5 million per year is simply too small to carry out the Commission’s operations.  The Commission urges the OAS General Assembly, meeting in October, to increase the Commission budget going forward in order to avert a recurring crisis.