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).
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 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 communist politician and former student leader. A member of the Communist Party of Chile,she has been serving as the Minister General Secretariat of Government since 11 March 2022. Previously,Vallejo worked as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile,representing District 26 of La Florida,Santiago.
The Peruvian Constitutional Court or Constitutional Tribunal is an independent constitutional agency of Peru that was established in the 1993 Constitution of Peru that was created during the government of Alberto Fujimori. The court's members are nominated by the Congress of Peru;these nominations sometimes lack transparency and are based on political favors that nominees can provide to legislators. Since May 2022,the Constitutional Court has been used to provide institutional strength to Fujimorists in Congress,according to IDL-Reporteros.
Catalina Botero Marino is a Colombian attorney who served as the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) from 2008 to 2014. From 2016 to 2020,she was the Dean of the Law School of the University of Los Andes (Colombia). Since 2020 she is one of four co-chairs of Facebook's Oversight Board,a body that adjudicates Facebook's content moderation decisions.
Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago is a Chilean politician and engineer who was Chile's Minister of Social Development from 6 September 2022 until 11 August 2023. He previously held the position of Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency between March and September 2022. He is the founder and first congressman of the Democratic Revolution political party,achieving the highest personal vote in the 2017 elections to the lower chamber. He was one of the leaders of the student protests of 2011 and collaborated in the creation of the Chilean Broad Front and the presidential candidacy of Beatriz Sánchez.
Gabriel Boric Font is a Chilean politician who has been serving as the President of Chile since 11 March 2022. Boric gained prominence as a student leader during his time studying law at the University of Chile. He was president of its influential student federation during the student protests that began in 2011.
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 the President of the Republic to serve a four-year term,27 of 50 members of the Senate to serve an eight-year term in the National Congress,all 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies to serve a four-year term in the National Congress,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.
Soledad García Muñoz is a Spanish lawyer who in 2017 was elected as first Special Rapporteur on economic,social,culture,and environmental Rights serving on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
