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The Commission's mandate is to promote the observance and protection of human rights in the Americas. Article 106 of the OAS Charter provides:
[t]here shall be an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, whose principal function shall be to promote the observance and protection of human rights and to serve as a consultative organ of the Organization in these matters.
According to article 18 of its Statute, approved by the OAS General Assembly, the IACHR performs the following functions: