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The Department of Special Legal Programs
A. Structure
1. The Department of Special Legal Programs (DSLP) and its
staff are under the overall direction, supervision, and
control of the director, who reports to the secretary for
legal affairs, in accordance with the legal system of the
Organization and with the provisions of this Executive
Order.
B. Functions
1. Advises the Secretary General, the Assistant Secretary
General, the Permanent Council, and other specialized organs
and entities of the OAS on matters within its area of
competence and coordinates with other areas of the General
Secretariat on aspects of those matters.
2. Supervises and supports the Technical Secretariat for the
Implementation of the Program of Action for the Decade of
the Americas for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with
Disabilities.
3. Serves as technical secretariat for the Committee on the
Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities.
4. Integrates and coordinates the General Secretariat’s
activities relating to children, adolescents, and youth.
5. Supports the strengthening of existing cooperation
mechanisms and other forms of joint activities among
government agencies for consumer protection.
6. Coordinates its activities with national consumer
advocacy and other organizations in order to promote and
reinforce efforts to implement legal protection and
disclosure of consumer rights.
7. Supports the establishment and operations of mechanisms
for follow-up on conventions on matters in its area of
competence.
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