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The article discusses the improvements in the structure and regulations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the summary of various cases resolved in 2009. It mentions that three new commissioners will join the Inter-American Commission in 2010 such as Rodrigo Escobar Gil, José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, and Dinah Shelton. It says that the Commissioner recommended that Brazil should conduct investigation on the incident involving the death of Sebastiao Camargo Filho who died during the raid in Parana, Brazil to recognize and castigate the doer of the murder. Moreover, the Commission found out that the Republic of El Salvador did not violate the economic, social, and cultural rights of the 27 persons with HIV/AIDS.

The article announces that Dinah Shelton and Thomas A. Mensah has received the Elizabeth Haub Prize.