Identidades in English No 1, February 2014 | Page 54

which were both adopted by the OAS’s General Assembly. The presenters offered a series of recommendations and commitments to promote—as the IACHR and continental civic organizations—the setting into motion of mechanisms and policies to bolster the equality and human rights of those who, for so long, have struggled in the region, a place still plagued by injustices and shocking contrasts. 53