ABSTRACT
The Commission shall have the following additional functions and powers: a) To give particular attention to observance of the human rights referred to in
Articles I, H, III, IV, XVIII, XXV, and XXVI of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man;
b) To examine communications submitted to it and any other available in formation; to address the government of any American state for information deemed pertinent by the Commission; and to make recommendations, when it deems this appropriate, with the objective of bringing about more effective ob servance of fundamental human rights;
c) To submit a report annually to the Inter-American Conference or to the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which should include: (i) a statement of progress achieved in realization of the goals set forth in the American Declaration; (ii) a statement of areas in which further steps are needed to give effect to the human rights set forth in the American Declaration; and (iii) such observations as the Commission may deem appropriate on matters covered in the communications submitted to it and in other information available to the Commission;
d) To verify, as a condition precedent to the exercise of the powers set forth in paragraphs b) and c) of the present article, whether the internal legal pro cedures and remedies of each member state have been duly applied and exhausted.
