Feb 11, 2023

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights America

Inter-American Commission Human Rights America

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights


Announcement of Candidate in the America for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The United States is pleased to announce the candidacy of James “Jim” L. Cavallaro to serve as commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)) for the 2024-2027 term. Member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) will vote to fill four Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) seats all through elections at the June 2023 General Assembly in Washington, D.C.


Director of the University Network for Human Rights, As founder and Executive Professor Cavallaro draws Stanford, and Yale Law Schools  upon academic experience at Harvard, to interact students, civil society, and governments in the course of the world to increase human rights. practitioner of global law and A main pupil with a deep expertise in the region as well as the Inter-American human rights system, Professor Cavallaro also served as an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) commissioner from 2014-2017.


Operating independently of the OAS, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) performs a imperative role in monitoring and defending human rights in the Western Hemisphere. The United States continues to strongly aid the work of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and reiterates the importance of electing highly qualified, autonomous specialists as Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) commissioners.