Doctrine, Practice, and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System

Authors

James L. Cavallaro, University Network for Human Rights
Claret Vargas, Center for Justice and Accountability
Clara Sandoval, University of Essex School of Law
Bernard Duhaime, University of Quebec Montreal
Caroline Bettinger-López, University of Miami School of LawFollow
Stephanie Erin Brewer, Miguel Agustín Pro Juarez Human Rights Center
Diana Guzman, National University of Colombia
Cecilia Naddeo, CTED, UN Security Council

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

2019

Abstract

This is the first casebook to focus on the Inter-American human rights system, the primary system for advancing and protecting rights in the Western hemisphere. Created by the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights are autonomous and independent bodies that make up the Inter-American system. Together, they play a vital role, working closely with victims, civil society, and states to protect fundamental human rights in the Western hemisphere, particularly in Latin America. While the system is relatively unknown in legal academia in the United States and Canada, its study is mandatory in most law schools in the Americas. Government appointees, civil servants, high level actors, private attorneys, judges and legal scholars, and media regularly engage with the system in Latin America, implementing its determinations and applying its rulings and interpretations concerning the human rights of their citizens.

ISBN

9780190900861

Publisher Information

Oxford University Press Academic

Recommended Citation

James L. Cavallaro, Claret Vargas, Clara Sandoval, Bernard Duhaime, Caroline Bettinger-López, Stephanie Erin Brewer, Diana Guzman, and Cecilia Naddeo, Doctrine, Practice, and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System (2019).