The Organization of American States is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS).
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is an international court based in San José,Costa Rica. Together with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,it was formed by the American Convention on Human Rights,a human rights treaty ratified by members of the Organization of American States (OAS).
JoséMiguel Insulza Salinas is a Chilean politician,lawyer,and academic serving as a senator for the Arica y Parinacota Region since 2018. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1999 and Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency from 1999 to 2000 under president Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle,as Minister of the Interior from 2000 to 2005 under president Ricardo Lagos,and as Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 2005 to 2015.
Despite being a founding member of the Organization of American States (OAS),Cuba was effectively suspended from 31 January 1962 to 3 June 2009. Thus,for almost the entire time that the OAS has been operating,Cuba has been barred from sending representatives to the OAS and effectively had its membership suspended. It was not until 3 June 2009 that foreign ministers of OAS member countries assembled for the OAS's 39th General Assembly in San Pedro Sula,Honduras,passed a vote to lift Cuba's suspension from the OAS.
Yasna Provoste Campillay is a Chilean teacher and Christian Democrat politician of Diaguita descent who served as a minister during the presidencies of Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet. Since 11 March 2018,she has been a senator for the Atacama Region for the period 2018-2026.
Camila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling is a Chilean politician and former student leader,currently serving as the Minister General Secretariat of Government since 11 March 2022. A member of the Communist Party of Chile,she previously represented District 26 of La Florida,Santiago,in the Chamber of Deputies.
Gabriel Boric Font is a Chilean politician who has been President of Chile since 2022. He previously served two four-year terms as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies.
Margarette May Macaulay is the Jamaican Commissioner and some time President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (OAS).
Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño is a lawyer and Supreme Count judge. She is a Panamanian Commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (OAS). In 2019 she became President of that body.
General elections were held in Chile on 21 November 2021,including presidential,parliamentary and regional elections. Voters went to the polls to elect a president to serve a four-year term,27 of 50 members of the Senate to serve an eight-year term,all 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies to serve a four-year term and all 302 members of the regional boards to serve a three-year term. Following an electoral reform in 2015,the Senate increased its membership from 38 to 43 in 2017 and grew to its full size of 50 seats after this election.
General elections were held in Nicaragua on 7 November 2021 to elect the President,the National Assembly and members of the Central American Parliament.
Flávia Piovesan is a Brazilian lawyer and human rights Commissioner. She was elected by the Organization of American States (OAS) to serve from 2018 to 2021 as a Commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). In 2021 she was the 2nd vice-president of the IACHR as part of the first all woman team of President and vice-presidents.
Julissa Mantilla Falcón is a Peruvian Rapporteur on the Rights of Older Persons for OAS. She was elected by the Organization of American States (OAS) to serve from 2020 to 2023 as a Commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). In 2021 she was the first vice-president of the IACHR as part of the first all woman team of President and vice-presidents.
Juan Carlos García Pérez de Arce is a Chilean architect and politician who served as Chile's Minister of Public Works from 2022 to 2023.
Antonia Cósmica Orellana Guarello is a Chilean politician,journalist and Minister of Women and Gender Equality.
Felipe González Morales is a Chilean lawyer and academic,specializing in international human rights law. He was a commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) between 2008 and 2011,a body he chaired between 2010 and 2011 and where he served as rapporteur on migrants. In 2017,he was appointed as United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants,a position he held until 2023.
Roberta Clarke is a Barbadian lawyer who has worked for UN Women. She was elected as a commissioner for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to serve for four years from 2022.
Gloria Monique de Mees is a Suriname Professor who became OAS's Rapporteur on the Rights of Afro-Descendants and against Racial Discrimination. She was elected to serve on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) from 2024 through to the end of 2027.
Andrea Pochak is an Argentine lawyer. She was elected to serve on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) from January 2024 through to the end of 2027 and to be the OAS's Rapporteur on Human Mobility.
