Country Factsheets: Americas

IJRC’s two-page country factsheets summarize the regional and universal human rights commitments of United Nations (UN) Member States, including the treaties each State has ratified, the complaints mechanisms it has accepted, examples of significant human rights complaints against the State, and whether it has extended a standing invitation to UN special procedures.

The countries of the Americas include all 35 Member States of the Organization of American States, each of which participates in the Inter-American human rights system. The factsheets are listed in alphabetical order below.

 

Antigua & Barbuda

Argentina

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Saint Lucia

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

United States of America

Uruguay

Venezuela