Title: See you next time!
Course: Inter-American Human Rights System - 2nd. Edition > Section: Follow-up and closing

Congratulations! You have successfully completed the Virtual Course on the Inter-American Human Rights System

The mandate of the IACHR is to promote and protect human rights in the Americas. To carry out this mandate, it is in the interest of the IACHR to proactively contribute to the existence of objective conditions in States that allow for the translation of the high Inter-American standards to reality. At the same time, the effectiveness of the Inter-American Human Rights System is based on the actions of social and academic actors, since organized society drives the achievement of human rights. To this end, the IACHR continues to promote the knowledge and implementation of these Inter-American human rights standards to this sector.

Civil society, social movements and academia have been fundamental pillars of the IACHR's work since its foundation. The IACHR therefore seeks to strengthen the participation of social actors through active spaces of collaboration to enhance knowledge and networks interested in the defense and protection of human rights in the Americas. In this context, the Training and Promotion of Human Rights Thought and Culture Program focuses its activities on the dissemination and training of Inter-American human rights standards that have been generated through the doctrine and jurisprudence of the ISHR, which includes advocacy activities on human rights education and training courses on the Inter-American system and its standards, including this course, among other initiatives.

The course that you have completed is an original initiative of the IACHR to fulfill its mandate. We hope it has been of great value in strengthening your capacities to use the mechanisms of the Inter-American Human Rights System, and your knowledge of its standards.

Finally, the Promotion, Training and Technical Cooperation Section of the IACHR Executive Secretariat would like to kindly ask you to complete the following surveys, as they are very valuable tools for improving future training programs.

The Executive Secretariat of the IACHR thanks you for your participation in this virtual training and sharing space and encourages you to continue studying and expanding your knowledge to enhance the effectiveness of the Inter-American Human Rights System in the region.

Download Wiki

Throughout the course, we have asked you to share one important concept that you have learned in each module. Now you can download the document with the contributions of all the participants with whom you have shared this experience. We hope it will be a useful tool to summarize the most important contents of the course.

Download instructions for Windows users:

  1. In the Wiki section, go to the comment tab.
  2. Right click anywhere on the page.
  3. Select the “Print” option or save as a PDF.
  4. View the content you downloaded on your computer

Download instructions for MAC users:

  1. In the Wiki section, go to the comment tab.
  2. In the upper part of the browser, find the browser setting button.
  3. Select the “Print” option or save as a PDF.
  4. View the content you downloaded on your computer.

Closing reflection

Let's remember the objectives we set at the beginning of the course:

At the end of this course you will be able to:
- Understand the concept of human rights and other basic concepts of international law.

- Understand the duties of the State in the framework of the ISHR.

- Identify the structure and functioning of the ISHR.

- Understand the mechanisms of the IACHR and the Inter-American Court, including monitoring systems, preventive mechanisms, the petition and case system, and follow-up mechanisms.

We invite you to share your reflections and final messages with the other participants to close our journey.  To do so, we encourage you to leave your comments in the cafeteria forum.

Here are some ideas to inspire you:

- Do you think all, some, or none of the objectives that were set were met?

- Which course activities did you find most rewarding?

- Share with the group a wish for the future.

Download the summary of the basic concepts of the unit, in a PDF file. You can save it, share it, and print it. We suggest not printing it; if you do, we encourage you to plant a tree to counteract the environmental effect.

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