This focal point will represent the second mechanism of the kind established at the regional level; the first was the special unit on human rights defenders, created in December 2001 within the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
该协调中心将是在区域一级设立的第二个此种机制，第一个机制是2001年12月在美洲人权法院内设立的人权维护者特别股。