Title: Follow-up Mechanisms and SIMORE
Course: Inter-American Human Rights System - 2nd. Edition > Section: Follow-up and closing

Special mechanisms to follow up on recommendations

In recent years, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has begun to establish special mechanisms to follow up on the implementation of recommendations regarding specific situations—a novel practice in the field of international human rights law. The special follow-up mechanisms facilitate a more holistic analysis of the decisions and recommendations of the IACHR, provide public exposure and shine a spotlight on a particular case or situation, and permit the IACHR to conduct systematic and periodic monitoring of the issue, resulting in a more in-depth and focused follow-up effort by the Commission.

Here are some of the follow-up mechanisms:

- Honduras Special Technical Advisory Board ( MESAT )

- Special Follow-up Mechanism for Venezuela ( MESEVE )

- Special Follow-up Mechanism for Ayotzinapa ( MESA )

- Special Follow-up Mechanism for Nicaragua ( MESENI )

SIMORE

Inter-American SIMORE is an online tool that systematizes the recommendations issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights through its different mechanisms: approved friendly settlement agreements, annual reports, published merits reports, country reports, thematic reports and approved precautionary measures. It also allows different users of the Inter-American Human Rights System to provide information on the measures adopted by States to comply with these recommendations.

It is a mechanism that provides and encourages accountability, transparency, access to information, and participation, facilitating the follow-up of recommendations, strengthening capacities for monitoring measures, and promoting compliance with international obligations and reports on progress and challenges for the protection of human rights in the countries of the region.

Learn more about the SIMORE

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IACHR Observatory of Impact

Speaking about impact and transformation has become commonplace in the language of human rights. However, there are often divergences derived from the multiple visions, expectations, and utilities that social actors assign to these rights, as well as to the bodies linked to their guarantee and protection. For this reason, the IACHR has decided to launch the Impact Observatory of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. This effort aims to map and systematize the impacts generated by the IACHR in the Americas and foster synergies with other similar initiatives, as well as to promote dialogue and coordination with strategic actors and communities interested in the effectiveness of the Inter-American Human Rights System.

The observatory was created in 2019, through Resolution 2/2019, and constitutes a collaborative platform that aims to reflect, systematize, make visible, and evaluate the impact of its performance in the defense and protection of human rights in the hemisphere.

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See what you remember...

Search in SIMORE for the last three recommendations that the IACHR made to your country and comment on them in the forum. Give your opinion on whether you consider that the State has complied with them.