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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
 The
government of Chile signed today at the headquarters of the
Organization of American States (OAS) the Inter-American Convention
Against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance
and the Inter-American Convention Against all Forms of Discrimination
and Intolerance.
The Permanent Representative of Chile to the
OAS, Juan Pablo Lira, said the decision to sign both instruments
"reflects the commitment of the government of President Michele Bachelet
to move toward a more just and inclusive society, while sending a
strong signal of support for the Inter-American System of Human Rights,
in which Chile is an active member."
The Secretary General of the
OAS, Luis Almagro, who signed as a witness, recalled that the entry
into force of each of these legally binding instruments requires that at
least two states ratify them. "Until today, no state has done so,
therefore, I take this opportunity to invite the signatories to follow
up on their commitments and proceed with ratification. In the same way, I
urge all member states to proceed with the signature, ratification and
accession, as appropriate, in order to implement them in the near
future," said the OAS leader.
The Inter-American Convention Against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance
has been signed by eleven member states - Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Haiti,
Panama and Uruguay-, while the Inter-American Convention Against all Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance
has been signed by nine of them: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama and Uruguay. Both conventions were
adopted at the General Assembly of the OAS in Antigua Guatemala, on June
5, 2013.
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