What is International Human Rights?
Nations created several human rights institutions such as courts, tribunals, committees through various instruments (charters and treaties). Institutions have promotion, monitoring, reporting, and adjudication powers.
Individuals and groups can seek to hold governments accountable for human rights violations when the governments are not complying with the commitments they made through treaties and international instruments.
What inter-governmental organizations have human rights bodies?
The United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Council of Europe, and the African Union have human rights bodies.
International financial institutions, such as the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, also provide some avenues for individuals and communities.
Inter American Commision on Human Rights
The IACHR is a principal and autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (“OAS”) whose mission is to promote and protect human rights in the American hemisphere.
The Organization of American States
The Organization uses a four-pronged approach to effectively implement its essential purposes, based on its main pillars: democracy, human rights, security, and development.