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B.STATISTICS
1.Petitions and cases
a.Total number of complaints received in the year 2010 by country
The preceding graph illustrates the total number of complaints received by the IACHR according to the OAS member States in respect of which the complaints were presented.
b.Total number of complaints received by year.
This graph illustrates the total number of complaints received by the Commission during the last eleven years. "Complaints" for the purposes of these statistics includes all complaints, presented in writing, concerning an alleged violation by an OAS member state of the Convention, the Declaration and/or other pertinent instrument.
* In the year 2002, the Commission received 3,783 complaints in addition to those represented in the graph, which refer to the human rights situation of persons affected by various banking measures (“corralito”) in Argentina.
** In the year 2009, petitions were received in addition to the number reflected in the graphic and which refer to the situation created by the Coup d’État in Honduras. The complete number of these petitions will be published in the future..
- Total number of petitions evaluated by year
d.Total number of petitions evaluated during 2010 by country.
- Petitions with refer to which there has been a decision to process during 2010, by country
In the previous graphic is shown the total number of petitions with regard to which there has been a decision to process, taken between January 1st and December 31st of 2010, organized by Country against which the petition was filed.
f.Total number of petitions with regard to which there has been a decision to process, by year.
The preceding graph shows the total number of petitions transmitted to the States by year since 1997.
g.Total number of cases and petitions pending to December 31, 2010 by country
This graph includes the total number of cases and petitions pending before the Commission and their breakdown by OASMemberState in descending order by country.
h.Total number of cases and petitions being processed by year.
The preceding graph shows a comparison of the number of cases and petitions pending over the past forteen years.
2.Precautionary measures
a.Total number of precautionary measures requests received by year.
b.Total number of precautionary measures granted by country during 2010
This graph includes the total number of precautionary measures granted by country during the year 2010.
c.Total number of precautionary measures granted by year.
The preceding graph shows the total number and variation in the figure corresponding to precautionary measures granted by the IACHR in the past ten years. The number of precautionary measures granted does not necessarily reflect the number of persons protected when measures are adopted, since, on many occasions, several persons or entire communities receive protection.
3.Reports
a.Total number of admissibility/inadmissibility reports published.
The chart shows the figures corresponding to admissibility and inadmissibility reports published in the past eleven years. These reports reflect the final decision of the IACHR on fulfillment of the admissibility requirements of petitions.
b.Total number of reports on the merits approved by year
c.Total number of reports on the merits published by year.
The graph illustrates the variation in the total number of reports on the merits of individual cases approved and published in the past thirteen years. The figures include reports in which the IACHR has rendered a decision on the alleged violation of the American Convention by the States parties and of the American Declaration by member States that have not yet ratified the Convention. It should be pointed out that a report on the merits of a case may include decisions on several individual cases that have been previously processed individually.
d.Total number of friendly settlement reports published by year.
The preceding chart shows the number of cases in which under the auspices of the Commission the petitioners and the State have reached a friendly settlement agreement.
e.Total number of cases archived by year.
The preceding graph presents data corresponding to the total number of cases closed by the IACHR in the past twelve years, when it was decided that grounds did not exist for the petition.
f.Total number of hearings held by year.
During its regular sessions, the Inter-American Commission held hearings on individual cases in order to receive information, evidence, and/or arguments regarding admissibility, merits, and fulfillment of obligations or in order to contribute to the friendly settlement of a case. The IACHR also held hearings in order to receive information on the general or specific human rights situation in member States.
4.Cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Cases submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by year
After a ruling on the merits of a case has been given pursuant to Article 50 of the American Convention, either the IACHR or the state(s) involved may submit a case to the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
b.Cases presented to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by country during the year 2010.
c.Cases in process before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in 2010
d.Cases in compliance stage per country in 2010.
e.Provisional measures in force in 2010.