1. SAF Mandates Review 2009-2011

2. Background

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

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

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

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 I-A Court of Human Rights secretariat services Office of the Secretary of the I-A Court.HR Gender equity policy Use of ICTs Ongoing improvement of the website Report on specific fund Summits Secretariat Gender training Financial management of the Legal Assistance Fund of the inter-American human rights system EliminatedIn force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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