The Inter-American Fee on Human Rights (IACHR) declares a technical cooperation, promotional and follow-up of suggestions go to to Belize.
The go to has the goals to advertise the Inter-American System of Human Rights, to strengthen the Fee’s relations with the nation with the aim of accelerating collaboration in human rights and selling technical cooperation mechanisms and capability constructing, in addition to conducting a number of actions to collect info on the State’s progress with Case 12.053 on the Maya indigenous communities in Toledo.
The technical cooperation, promotional and follow-up of suggestions go to is in step with the priorities established in IACHR’s Strategic 5-year Plan for the Caribbean (2023-2027) that locations emphasis on the area.
The precise goal of the technical cooperation and promotional facet of the go to is to be taught of greatest practices, the wants and challenges confronted by the State, civil society and different non-state actors with selling and defending human rights, and the way greatest to reply.
The go to will likely be led by Commissioner Jose Caballero, Second Vice-President of the IACHR and Nation Rapporteur for Belize and can happen from October fifteenth to 18th, 2024. The delegation will maintain conferences with authorities and representatives of the State, in addition to with non-state actors, and can promote technical cooperation on prioritized human rights points.
The go to can also be a possibility for the Fee to follow-up of its suggestions by holding on-site working conferences and a seminar on the rights of indigenous peoples, in addition to to collect up to date info on the Case 12.053 on the Maya indigenous communities in Toledo.
The IACHR acknowledges the collaboration and willingness of the State of Belize to host this go to.
A principal, autonomous physique of the Group of American States (OAS), the IACHR derives its mandate from the OAS Constitution and the American Conference on Human Rights. The Inter-American Fee has a mandate to advertise respect for and to defend human rights within the area and acts as a consultative physique to the OAS on this space. The Fee consists of seven impartial members who’re elected in a person capability by the OAS Basic Meeting and who don’t signify their respective international locations of origin or residence.
