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OBSERVING WITH CONCERN that even today a considerable number of human beings in
our Hemisphere are still victims of historical and contemporary manifestations of discrimination, and
intolerance;
ACKNOWLEDGING the significant contributions made by member states, OAS organs,
agencies, and entities, other agencies of the United Nations, civil society organizations, and other
social actors and other organizations, in regard to the ongoing process of negotiations; and
HAVING PARTICULAR REGARD to the report of the Chair of the Working Group to
Prepare the Draft Legally-Binding Inter-American Instruments against Racism and Racial
Discrimination and against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance, “Activities of the Working
Group during the 2012-2013 Term” (CAJP/GT/RDI-229/13 rev. 1), presented to the Committee on
Juridical and Political Affairs, which completes the preparation and negotiation of the Draft Legally
Binding Inter-American Instruments against Racism and Racial Discrimination and against All
Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance,
RESOLVES:
1.
To adopt the following Inter-American Convention against All Forms of
Discrimination and Intolerance:
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION
AGAINST ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND INTOLERANCE
THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,
CONSIDERING that the inherent dignity and equality of all members of the human family
are basic principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the American Declaration of the
Rights and Duties of Man, and the American Convention on Human Rights;
REAFFIRMING the resolute commitment of the member states of the Organization of
American States to the complete and unconditional eradication of all forms of discrimination and
intolerance, and their conviction that such discriminatory attitudes are a negation of universal values
and the inalienable and infrangible rights of the human person and the purposes and principles
enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of American States, the American Declaration of the
Rights and Duties of Man, the American Convention on Human Rights, the Social Charter of the
Americas, the Inter-American Democratic Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and
the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights;
RECOGNIZING the duty of adopting national and regional measures to promote and
encourage respect for and observance of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all
individuals and groups subject to their jurisdiction, without regard to gender; age; sexual orientation;
language; religion; political or other opinion; social origin; economic status; migrant, refugee or
displaced status; birth, stigmatized infectious-contagious condition; genetic trait; disability,
debilitating psychological distress; or other social condition;