= Organization of American States = The '''Organization of American States''' ('''OAS''') is an international organization for coordinating the governments of 32 members states across North and South America. <> ---- == History == The '''Charter of the Organization of American States''' and the [[WorldHistory/OrganizationOfAmericanStates/AmericanDeclarationOfTheRightsAndDutiesOfMan|American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man]] were agreed at the '''Ninth International Conference of American States''' (1948) in [[Colombia/Bogota|Bogotá]]. The [[WorldHistory/OrganizationOfAmericanStates/AmericanConventionOnHumanRights|American Convention on Human Rights]] was signed in 1969 and came into force about a decade later. The [[WorldHistory/OrganizationOfAmericanStates/InterAmericanConventionOnForcedDisappearanceOfPersons|Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons]] was signed in 1994 and came into force two years later. The charter was amended in 1997 with the '''Protocol of Washington''', allowing for suspension of members if their democratically-elected government is overthrown. ---- == Membership == ---- == Structure == * [[WorldHistory/OrganizationOfAmericanStates/InterAmericanCommissionOfHumanRights|Inter-American Commission of Human Rights]] * [[WorldHistory/OrganizationOfAmericanStates/InterAmericanCourtOfHumanRights|Inter-American Court of Human Rights]] ---- CategoryRicottone