SAF Mandates Review

2009-2011

Background

1,582 mandates

Total OAS mandates, 1948-2008(Determination of the size of the sample for establishing the mandate

purging methodology)

91 mandates

Mandates of the Secretariat for Administration and Finance, 1948-2008(Sample for establishing the mandate purging methodology)

Outcome:

•9 mandates for review to determine if they remain in effect

•82 mandates eliminated for different reasons

Conclusion:

•Analyze all 9 mandates

•Include the mandates for the 2009-2011 period in the review

Review

110 mandates

110 mandates

Situation of 2009-2011 SAF mandates

Proposal

Proposal for SAF mandates

1948-2008 SAF Mandates for review, by category

IACHR secretariat services

I-A Court of Human Rights secretariat services

Office of the Secretary of the I-A Court.HR

Gender equity policy

Use of ICTs

Ongoing improvement of the website

Report on specific fund Summits Secretariat

Gender training

Financial management of the Legal Assistance Fund of the inter-American human rights system

Eliminated In force

2009-2011 mandates 1948-2008 mandates Mandates eliminated Mandates in force

Outcome of the review 201 mandates

Financial management of the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Human Rights System

SUB-PILLAR YEAR NAME ARTICLE MANDATE

Financial Management 2008

Establishment of the Legal Assistance

Fund of the Inter-American Human Rights

System

No. 2.b

Financial management of the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Human Rights System shall be entrusted to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), and its financing and operations shall be governed by rules of procedure adopted by the Permanent Council, which shall contain clear accountability procedures;

AG/RES. 2426 (XXXVIII-O/08)

SAF mandate in force 2008

IACHR secretariat services

SUB-PILLAR YEAR NAME ARTICLE MANDATE

Budget management and human resources

1978Am. Conv. on Human

Rights

Art. 40

Secretariat services for the Commission shall be furnished by the appropriate specialized unit of the General Secretariat of the Organization. This unit shall be provided with the resources required to accomplish the tasks assigned to it by the Commission.

I-A Court HR secretariat services

SUB-PILLAR YEAR NAME ARTICLE MANDATE

Budget management and human resources

1978A.C. ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Art. 59

The Court shall establish its Secretariat, which shall function under the direction of the Secretary of the Court, in accordance with the administrative standards of the General Secretariat of the Organization in all respects not incompatible with the independence of the Court. The staff of the Court's Secretariat shall be appointed by the Secretary General of the Organization, in consultation with the Secretary of the Court.

Office of the Secretary of the I-A Court HR

SUB-PILLAR YEAR NAME ARTICLE MANDATE

Budget management and human resources

1978AC ON

HUMAN RIGHTS

Art. 58

The Secretary shall have his office at the place where the Court has its seat and shall attend the meetings that the Court may hold away from its seat.

Gender equity policy

SUB-PILLAR YEAR NAME ARTICLE MANDATE

Budget management and human resources

1999

IP ON PROMOTION OF

WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS

AND GENDER EQUITY AND

EQUALITY

Art. V.a

To ask the General Secretariat of the OAS to: Take short-term measures to comply with item 2.1.5. of this program.

Use of ICTs

SUB-PILLAR YEAR NAME ARTICLE MANDATE

Budget management and human resources

2006Support for the Implementation

of the Declaration of Santo Domingo

No. 15

To instruct the General Secretariat to make every possible effort to improve the use of ICTs in its daily operations in order to promote a more expeditious and efficient handling of its responsibilities and thus facilitate the work of the OAS and its member states.

AG/RES. 2243 (XXXVI-O/06)

Ongoing improvement of the website

SUB-PILLAR YEAR NAME ARTICLE MANDATE

Budget management and human resources

2006

Support for the Implementation

of the Declaration of

Santo Domingo

No. 16

To recommend to the General Secretariat that it continue improving the OAS Website and that it develop spaces and tools devoted to the citizens of the Americas, facilitating its access and usability.

AG/RES. 2243 (XXXVI-O/06)

Report on specific fund through Summits Secretariat

SUB-PILLAR YEAR NAME ARTICLE MANDATE

Budget management and human resources

2008

Support for and follow-up to the

Summits of the Americas

process

No.12

To request the General Secretariat to submit to the Permanent Council, through the Summits Secretariat, systematic and detailed information on the budgetary and financial management of said Specific Fund.

AG/RES. 2393 (XXXVIII-O/08)

Gender training

SUB-PILLAR YEAR NAME ARTICLE MANDATE

Budget management and human resources

2008

Promotion of Women’s

Human Rights and Gender Equity and

Equality

Art. 5.e

Hold, together with the Department of Human Resources and with support from the CIM, an OAS Gender Analysis Training Program, targeted especially at senior staff in management positions and new staff members, and prepare, with support from the CIM, a preliminary document containing a proposal to establish a mechanism for measurement and disaggregated statistical data to facilitate follow-up on the programs and activities of all the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization.

AG/RES. 2425 (XXXVIII-O/08)