The American Convention on Human Rights: Essential Rights
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This
book offers a thorough, critical, and accessible analysis of the
American Convention on Human Rights which is the main human rights
treaty of the Americas. The authors closely review the jurisprudence and
the binding judgments of the two institutions charged with interpreting
the Convention: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and The
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.They focus on the rights most
developed by the Court and Commission, namely the rights to equality,
life, humane treatment, personal liberty, property, due process and
judicial protection, as well as the freedom of expression and
reparations. They examine the case law with a victim-centered lens while
identifying key jurisprudential developments, discussing critical areas
that lack consistency and rigor, and proposing alternative conceptual
approaches. Each chapter contains an Introduction to compare the
Convention right's formulation with equivalent rights in other major
international and regional treaties; a background section to consider
the right's negotiation history; a Scope of Protection section to
analyze the right's provisions (paragraph-by-paragraph or
topic-by-topic); and lastly, a Limitations section, if applicable, to
study any limitations to the right. In addition, the book's Introduction
presents an up-to-date overview of the dynamic Inter-American Human
Rights System, discussing the System's legal instruments, major
institutions, significant impact, key developments, and current
challenges.