9 that went on to submit many enquiries to Member States until, on June 12, 1968, the OAS Council adopted a Resolution (OEA/Ser.G/IV/C-i-837 rev 3)14 requesting the Inter-American Commission to prepare the complete and revised text of the draft Convention, which held a Special Session of June 1 and 2, 1968. The Commission referred the draft Convention to the OAS Council on July 18, 1968, which adopted the draft Convention as the working document for the Specialized Inter-American Conference on Human Rights, including the comments and amendments made by Member States.15 14. The “Draft Inter-American Convention on the Protection of Human Rights” prepared by the Inter-American Commission went back from the text of the Uruguay proposal and adopted the prior proposal made by the Inter-American Council of Jurists and Chile. Indeed, Article 57 of the draft sets forth: The judgment of the Court will be communicated to the Council of the Organization of American States.16 III The Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights of 1969 15. Finally, it was during the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights, held in San José, Costa Rica, from November 7 to November 22, 1969, that the American Convention on Human Rights was signed and, consequently, the current text —former article 57 of the draft document submitted by the Commission— was approved as paragraph 69. It is at this very time that a new article was adopted, that is current article 65 of the American Convention. 16. In the official publication made by the OAS of the Minutes and Documents of the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights,17 the report submitted by the Rapporteur of the Second Committee, Robert J. Redington of the United States of America on the “Protection Organs and General Provisions” is to be found. Its relevant part reads as follows: Article 66, a new article, establishes that the Court shall submit a report on its work to the General Assembly of the OAS, at the annual meeting of the said General Assembly, in compliance with Article 52 of the OAS Charter, as amended by the Protocol of Buenos Aires. Besides, Article 66 provides that the Court shall be able to include in the report those cases in which a State has not complied with its judgments, and to make the recommendations it may deem proper. … 14 OAS Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights, 1968, page 92. 15 OEA/Ser.G/V/C-d-1631, in: OAS Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights, 1968, page 156; and OEA/Ser.G/IV/C-i-871 rev. 3., in: OAS Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights, 1968, page 157. 16 17 OAS Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights, 1968, page 150. OAS “Minutes and Documents. Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights”, San Jose, Costa Rica, November 7-22, 1969, OAS/Ser.K/XVI/1.2.

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