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This book offers a systematic commentary on the principal human rights treaty of the inter-American system: the American Convention on Human Rights. The Convention was adopted in 1969, and has been ratified mostly by Latin American States, with 23 States Parties. The commentary provides an understanding of how the human rights protected by this treaty have been interpreted in the various cases examined by the protection bodies, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It also explains the workings of the protection system, including the individual complaints mechanism.
List of contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- List of Abbreviations
- Title
- Preamble
- Part I. State Obligations and Rights Protected
- Chapter I. General Obligations
- Chapter II. Civil and Political Rights
- Chapter III - Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
- Chapter IV - Suspension of Guarantees, Interpretation, and Application
- Chapter V - Personal Responsibilities
- Part Ii - Means of Protection
- Chapter VI - Competent Organs
- Chapter VII - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Chapter VIII - Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Chapter IX - Common Provisions
- Part III - General and Transitory Provisions
- Chapter X - Signature, Ratification, Reservations, Amendments, Protocols, and Denunciation
- Chapter XI - Transitory Provisions
About the author
Ludovic Hennebel is professor of international law in Aix-en-Provence Law School at Aix-Marseille University, France, Director of the Institute for International Humanitarian Studies. He is also the head of a law firm specializing in global justice and international litigation strategy and in the field of human rights, and expert member of the United Nations' Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Hélène Tigroudja is professor of international law in Aix-en-Provence Law School at Aix-Marseille University, France, and the academic director of the LL.M program in international law. She is expert member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and a former Senior Hauser Fellow at New York University.
Summary
The American Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary is the first comprehensive and systematic article-by-article commentary of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) in English. This book offers an exhaustive and critical analysis of each of the 82 articles of the Convention, covering the substantive elements of the rights and freedoms protected, as well as institutional and procedural aspects. Each chapter contains an introduction and a comparative perspective of the provision commented on; a review of the drafting history of the provision; and a critical commentary on the interpretation of the provision in light of the rich case-law of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
