49. 乌拉圭有一系列人权方面的体制机构，其中值得强调的是共和国总统府人权秘书处。根据 2012 年关于行政问责的第 19149 号法律(第 67 条)成立了该秘书处，以替代原先的教育和文化部人权局。秘书处的领导工作由一个领导委员会承担，委员会成员包括共和国总统府秘书，外交部长，教育和文化部长，内政部长和社会发展部长，该领导委员会是负责将人权观点纳入行政机关公共政策中的主管部门。
49. Uruguay has a number of institutional human rights mechanisms, in particular the Human Rights Secretariat of the Office of the President. The Secretariat was created by Act No. 19.149 on the statement of accounts for fiscal year 2012 (art. 67) to replace the Human Rights Directorate of the Ministry of Education and Culture. It is run by a governing board composed of the Secretary of the Office of the President, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Education and Culture, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Social Development and is responsible for mainstreaming human rights in the public policies of the executive branch.