OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 5 24 February 2020 Original: Spanish Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2019 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEURSHIP ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS (SRESCER) Working for the indivisibility, interdependence and effective protection of all human rights for all people in America "Until dignity becomes the norm" Soledad García Muñoz Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights Contents CHAPTER I: GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................... 5 A. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 B. Main activities of the Special Rapporteur on ESCER ........................................................................ 7 1) Petitions and Cases System ......................................................................................................................... 8 2) Participation in IACHR sessions and public hearings ...................................................................... 8 3) Monitoring Activities ................................................................................................................................... 11 4) Mandate of Promotion and Technical Assistance Activities ........................................................ 12 5) San Salvador Protocol Working Group of the OAS .......................................................................... 27 6) Visits and business meetings .................................................................................................................... 27 7) Thematic reports, annual and expert knowledge production .................................................... 32 8) Pronouncements and special statements ............................................................................................ 32 9) Financing ........................................................................................................................................................... 34 10) Team ................................................................................................................................................................... 35 CHAPTER II: SITUATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTUAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS IN THE HEMISPHERE ................................................................................................................................................................ 37 INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................. 37 COUNTRY INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................................... 40 1) Antigua and Barbuda ................................................................................................................................... 40 2) Argentina .......................................................................................................................................................... 42 3) Bahamas ............................................................................................................................................................ 46 4) Barbados ........................................................................................................................................................... 49 5) Belize .................................................................................................................................................................. 50 6) Bolivia ................................................................................................................................................................. 52 7) Brazil ................................................................................................................................................................... 56 8) Canada ................................................................................................................................................................ 63 9) Chile .................................................................................................................................................................... 65 10) Colombia ........................................................................................................................................................... 71 11) Costa Rica .......................................................................................................................................................... 76 12) CUBA ................................................................................................................................................................... 82 13) DOMINICA ........................................................................................................................................................ 85 14) Ecuador .............................................................................................................................................................. 87 15) El Salvador ........................................................................................................................................................ 92 16) United States.................................................................................................................................................... 96 17) Grenada ............................................................................................................................................................. 98 18) Guatemala ...................................................................................................................................................... 101 19) Guyana ............................................................................................................................................................ 106 20) Haiti .................................................................................................................................................................. 109 21) Honduras........................................................................................................................................................ 110 22) Jamaica ............................................................................................................................................................ 113 23) Mexico ............................................................................................................................................................. 116 24) Nicaragua ....................................................................................................................................................... 125 25) Panama ........................................................................................................................................................... 134 26) Paraguay ......................................................................................................................................................... 139 27) Peru .................................................................................................................................................................. 144 28) Dominican Republic .................................................................................................................................. 149 29) Saint Kitts and Nevis ................................................................................................................................. 153 30) Saint Lucia ..................................................................................................................................................... 154 31) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines........................................................................................................ 156 33) Trinidad and Tobago ................................................................................................................................. 158 34) Uruguay .......................................................................................................................................................... 160 35) Venezuela ....................................................................................................................................................... 164 CHAPTER III: TENDENCIES ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS IN LIGHT OF THE 2019 REPORT OF THE REESCER ............................................................................................ 175 A. Social demonstrations and ESCER in Latin America.................................................................... 177 B. Economic, social, cultural and environmental rights .................................................................. 178 C. Environment and effects of climate change .................................................................................... 182 D. Business and Human Rights ................................................................................................................... 185 E. Human Mobility and ESCER in the Americas .................................................................................