The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS).
IACHR representatives meeting with President Dina Boluarte during the 2022 Peruvian political protests
Margarette May Macaulay, IACHR President
José Zalaquett, President 2004
The American Convention on Human Rights, also known as the Pact of San José, is an international human rights instrument. It was adopted by many countries in the Western Hemisphere in San José, Costa Rica, on 22 November 1969. It came into force after the eleventh instrument of ratification was deposited on 18 July 1978.
