This volume of the Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights covers the year 1991, and contains all the documents and information (in English and Spanish) concerning the activities of the Organization of American States in the field of the promotion and protection of human rights.
Like its predecessors, this Yearbook aims to contribute to a greater awareness of the functions and activities of the organs of the Inter-American system for the protection of Human Rights.
Introduction. Part One: General Information. I. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. II. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights. III. Current State of Conventions and Protocols on Human Rights, Approved within the Inter-American System. Part Two: The Workof the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. I. Reports on Individual Cases. II. Status of Human Rights in Several Countries. III. Situation of Haitians in the Dominican Republic. IV. Areas in which Steps Need to be Taken Towards Full Observance of the Human Rights Set Forth in the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and the American Convention on Human Rights. V. Press Communiques. Part Three: The Work of the Inter-American Court of HumanRights. I. Provisional Measures Requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the Matter of Peru (Bustios--Rojas Case). II. Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. III. Letter Pertaining to the Godinez Cruz and Velasquez Rodriguez Cases. IV. Trust Agreements. V. Request for Provisional Measures (Chunima, Guatemala Case). VI. Provisional Measures Requested by the IACHR. VII. Provisional Measures Requested by the IACHR with regard to Guatemala (Chunima Case). VIII. Aloeboetoe et al. Case, Judgment. IX. Gangaram Panday Case, Preliminary Objections, Judgment. X. Neira Alegria et al. Case, Preliminary Objections, Judgment. XI. Compatibility of Draft Legislation with Article 8(2)(h) of the American Convention on Human Rights (Costa Rica). Request for Advisory Opinion. XII. Compatibility of Draft Legislation with Article 8(2)(h) of the American Convention on Human Rights (Costa Rica). Advisory Opinion OC-12/91. XIII. Letter of the President to the Government of Guatemala. Part Four: Resolutions of the OAS General AssemblyConcerning Human Rights.