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SAF Mandates Review

SAF Mandates Review. 2009-2011. Background. Total OAS mandates, 1948-2008 (Determination of the size of the sample for establishing the mandate purging methodology). 1,582 mandates. Mandates of the Secretariat for Administration and Finance, 1948-2008

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SAF Mandates Review

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  1. SAF Mandates Review 2009-2011

  2. Background

  3. Total OAS mandates, 1948-2008 (Determination of the size of the sample for establishing the mandate purging methodology) 1,582 mandates

  4. Mandates of the Secretariat for Administration and Finance, 1948-2008 (Sample for establishing the mandate purging methodology) 91 mandates

  5. 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

  6. Review

  7. 110 mandates

  8. 110 mandates

  9. Situation of 2009-2011 SAF mandates

  10. Proposal

  11. Proposal for SAF mandates

  12. 1948-2008 SAF Mandates for review, by category IACHR secretariat services Eliminated In force I-A Court of Human Rights secretariat services Financial management of the Legal Assistance Fund of the inter-American human rights system Office of the Secretary of the I-A Court.HR Use of ICTs Ongoing improvement of the website Gender equity policy Report on specific fund Summits Secretariat Gender training

  13. Outcome of the review 201 mandates 1948-2008 mandates 2009-2011 mandates Mandates eliminated Mandates in force

  14. SAF mandate in force 2008 Financial management of the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Human Rights System AG/RES. 2426 (XXXVIII-O/08) NAME MANDATE SUB-PILLAR ARTICLE YEAR 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; Establishment of the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Human Rights System Financial Management No. 2.b 2008

  15. IACHR secretariat services NAME MANDATE SUB-PILLAR ARTICLE YEAR Budget management and human resources 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. Am. Conv. on Human Rights Art. 40 1978

  16. I-A Court HR secretariat services NAME MANDATE SUB-PILLAR ARTICLE YEAR 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. Budget management and human resources A.C. ON HUMAN RIGHTS Art. 59 1978

  17. Office of the Secretary of the I-A Court HR NAME MANDATE SUB-PILLAR ARTICLE YEAR Budget management and human resources AC ON HUMAN RIGHTS 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. Art. 58 1978

  18. Gender equity policy NAME MANDATE SUB-PILLAR ARTICLE YEAR IP ON PROMOTION OF WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUITY AND EQUALITY Budget management and human resources To ask the General Secretariat of the OAS to: Take short-term measures to comply with item 2.1.5. of this program. Art. V.a 1999

  19. Use of ICTs AG/RES. 2243 (XXXVI-O/06) NAME MANDATE SUB-PILLAR ARTICLE YEAR Budget management and human resources 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. Support for the Implementation of the Declaration of Santo Domingo No. 15 2006

  20. Ongoing improvement of the website AG/RES. 2243 (XXXVI-O/06) NAME MANDATE SUB-PILLAR ARTICLE YEAR Support for the Implementation of the Declaration of Santo Domingo Budget management and human resources 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. No. 16 2006

  21. Report on specific fund through Summits Secretariat AG/RES. 2393 (XXXVIII-O/08) NAME MANDATE SUB-PILLAR ARTICLE YEAR Support for and follow-up to the Summits of the Americas process Budget management and human resources 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. No.12 2008

  22. Gender training AG/RES. 2425 (XXXVIII-O/08) NAME MANDATE SUB-PILLAR ARTICLE YEAR 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. Promotion of Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality Budget management and human resources Art. 5.e 2008

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