The Annual Report of the IACHR is a regional reference instrument that compiles the human rights situation in the hemisphere, presenting the progress and challenges of the OAS Member States in this area; and offers the institutional achievements, work and activities carried out by the Commission to guarantee and protect the human rights of all persons in the region.
Introduction
The introduction describes the structure of the annual report and summarizes the progress made by the IACHR in 2024. It also discusses the status of Inter-American System instruments and progress on the ratification and signing of these.
Chapter I
Chapter II highlights the progress made on implementing the Strategic Plan 2023–2027 and the periods of sessions held in 2024. It lists the resolutions that were adopted and instances of cooperation with States and civil society. It also describes the IACHR’s relationship with the political organs of the OAS and discusses follow-up activities on recommendations and their impact.
Chapter II
Chapter II reflects the work carried out by the IACHR through its system of petitions, cases, precautionary measures, and friendly settlements and its work with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Chapter III
Chapter III covers the activities of the 11 offices of the country and thematic rapporteurs, working visits, requests for information, approved reports, and promotional and training activities.
Chapter IV
Chapter IV.A summarizes the regional human rights situation and country perspectives in the following areas: democratic institutions, human rights, access to justice, citizen security, and equality and discrimination. This information is complemented by the annual reports from the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Economic Rights.
Chapter IV.B - Cuba analyzes the human rights situation on the island, highlighting the absence of representative democracy and judicial independence, as well as serious violations of the rights to freedom of expression and personal integrity.
Chapter IV.B - Nicaragua documents the deepening human rights crisis, marked by repression, the closing of civic spaces and the total concentration of power in the Executive.
Chapter IV.B - Venezuela, analyzes the serious affectation of democracy and human rights in Venezuela, including electoral opacity, state repression and institutional crisis.
Chapter V
Chapter V—Brazil follows up on the recommendations made in the “Human Rights Situation in Brazil” report.
Chapter V—El Salvador follows up on the recommendations made in the “Human Rights Situation in El Salvador” report.
Chapter V—Mexico follows up on the recommendations made in the “Human Rights Situation in Mexico” report.
Chapter V - Peru follows up on compliance with the recommendations issued following the report on the “Situation of human rights in Peru in the context of social protests” (available in Spanish).
Chapter VI
Chapter VI includes information on the IACHR’s structure and personnel; financial resources and budget execution; planning, resource mobilization, and project management; and the technological advances achieved in 2024.
Annexes
Inter-American Standards Concerning Freedom of Religion or Belief (available in Spanish)
Social Cohesion: The Challenge to Consolidate Democracy in Bolivia (available in Spanish)
Situation of Human Rights in Honduras (available in Spanish)
Preliminary Observations of On-Site Visit to Colombia (available in Spanish)
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Follow-up report on recommendations on the rights of people deprived of their freedom in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (available in Spanish)
First Inter-American SIMORE report on measures reported by Honduras (available in Spanish)
Press Releases
- R94/25—La Relatoría Especial publica su Informe Anual 2024
Washington, DC, May 9, 2025 - 92/25—IACHR Annual Report highlights regional human rights trends and measures to strengthen the inter-American justice system
Washington, DC, May 8, 2025
Commissioner José Luis Caballero Ochoa, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presentation of the 2024 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States. (available in Spanish)
Washington, D.C., May 8, 2025
OEA/Ser.L/V/II.
Doc. 39 rev. 1
March 26, 2025
Original: Spanish