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Opening Panel 1

Panel provided a historical, legal and political context for the conference and outlined some of the main issues, problems and challenges in implementing international human rights commitments, including an overview of previous OAS initiatives on this topic.

Este panel proveerá un contexto histórico, legal y político para la conferencia y un resumen de algunos de los principales, temas, problemas y desafíos con respecto a la implementación de los compromisos internacionales de los derechos humanos, con un resumen de las initiativas de la OEA.

For more information about any of the panelists, please see the biographies page.

Panelists:

  • Juan Méndez, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Presented in English)
  • Pedro Nikken, Former Judge and President, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Presented in Spanish)
  • Mariclaire Acosta, Special Ambassador for Human Rights and Democracy, Government of Mexico (Presented in Spanish)
  • Leo Zwaak, Professor, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht University (Presented in English)

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