The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) concludes its 128TH Period of sessions held from July 16 to 27

During the sessions, the IACHR held 25 public hearings in which it received valuable information from the States, civil society organizations and petitioners. It also held 15 working meetings on pending petitions and cases, had a productive meeting with the Ambassadors from the Andean region, and discussed and approved 44 reports.

Furthermore, the Commission analyzed a document on indicators related to economic, social and cultural rights, prepared in compliance with a mandate issued by the General Assembly in a resolution adopted on June 7, 2005. With the preparation of this document, the IACHR seeks to provide a tool which will serve as a basis for the presentation of reports on the Protocol of San Salvador and which will also be useful for the design of a permanent internal evaluation mechanism for each State Party.

As an addendum to the document on indicators, the Commission received for its consideration another document on access to justice in the area of economic, social and cultural rights.