Introduction to the American Convention on Human Rights: Essential Rights

The American Convention on Human Rights: Essential Rights (Oxford Univ. Press), 2017

Seattle University School of Law Research Paper No. 17-09

University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2017-18

39 Pages Posted: 16 May 2017 Last revised: 11 Aug 2017

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Thomas M. Antkowiak

Seattle University School of Law

Isabel Alejandra Gonza

Int'l Human Rights Clinic, UW School of Law

Date Written: May 8, 2017

Abstract

This Introduction presents the Inter-American Human Rights System’s impact, primary legal instruments, and its two key institutions, the Inter-American Court and Inter-American Commission. Next, we synthesize crucial developments in the System’s jurisprudence and briefly refer to several of our critiques and alternative conceptual proposals - all of which are elaborated in our book. Finally, we outline the structure and methodology of the rest of our book.

Keywords: American Convention on Human Rights, Inter-American human rights system, Inter-American Court, Inter-American Commission, international human rights, Latin America

Suggested Citation

Antkowiak, Thomas M. and Gonza, Isabel Alejandra, Introduction to the American Convention on Human Rights: Essential Rights (May 8, 2017). The American Convention on Human Rights: Essential Rights (Oxford Univ. Press), 2017, Seattle University School of Law Research Paper No. 17-09, University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2017-18, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2964984

Thomas M. Antkowiak (Contact Author)

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Isabel Alejandra Gonza

Int'l Human Rights Clinic, UW School of Law ( email )

William H. Gates Hall
Box 353020
Seattle, WA 98105-3020
United States

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