The American Convention on Human Rights : a commentary
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The American Convention on Human Rights : a commentary
（The American Convention on Human Rights）
Oxford University Press, 2021
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Includes index
Summary: "The American Convention on Human Rights, adopted within the framework of the Organization of American States, is the central and essential instrument of the inter-American human rights law as elaborated by the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights. This treaty, adopted on November 22, 1969, with now 23 States Parties, contains 82 articles that set out the rights and freedoms that States undertake to respect and protect, and establishes various protection mechanisms, including an individual complaints mechanism. This book offers a critical, systematic and exegetical commentary of the 82 Articles of this Convention, reflecting on the construction, often creative and avant-garde, of the inter-American human rights bodies. Doctrinal, critical and jurisprudential, this book is the fruit of reflections and research carried out by the two authors, and of a symbiotic writing. The American Convention on Human Rights is much more than just a treaty of international law. The Convention is a compl
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- General obligations
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social, and political rights
- Suspension of guarantees, interpretaion, and application
- Personal responsibilities
- Inter-American Commission on human rights responsibilities
- Inter-American Court of Human rights
- Common provisions
- Signature, ratification, reservations, amendments, protocols, and denunciation
- Transitory provisions
