OAS Secretary-General proposes US$100M fund for human rights commission, court

Jose Miguel Insulza

Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza proposed on Wednesday to the Organisation of American States (OAS) Permanent Council the creation of a capital fund with US$100 million to finance the operations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (CorteIDH), with funds from a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Andean Development Corporation.

“If we really want to increase the financial resources for the Commission and the Court, it can be achieved with a substantial increase to the