The specific mandates of the IIN in relation to the creation of the Inter-American Observatory on commercial sexual exploitation and other forms of violence against children and adolescents are:

July 27, 2007 - CD/RES. 10 (82-R/07): INTER-AMERICAN PROGRAM FOR THE PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF CHILD COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING
Resolves: 3. “ To support the creation of an Observatory on child commercial sexual exploitation and illegal trafficking and promote the creation of a widely-disseminated publication on a periodic basis having an incidence on public policy design”

July 27, 2007 - CD/RES. 11 (82-R/07):  ACTION PLAN 2007-2011, INTER-AMERICAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE
“The Observatory on Child Commercial Sexual Exploitation and other forms of violence is established (…)” (p. 11)