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The inter-American human rights system : the law and politics of institutional change / edited by Par Engstrom and Courtney Hillebrecht.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.Description: x, 161 pages ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0367236869
  • 9780367236861
Uniform titles:
  • International journal of human rights.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KDZ579 .I58 2019
Contents:
Introduction: Institutional change and the inter-American human rights system / Par Engstrom and Courtney Hillebrecht -- Silence, hinderances and omissions : the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Brazilian military dictatorship / Bruno Boti Bernardi -- Assessing the record of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Latin America's rural conflict zones (1979-2016) / Luis van Isschot -- The international authority of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights : a critique of the conventionally control doctrine / Jorge Contesse -- Two steps forward, one step back : reflections on the jurisprudence turn of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on domestic reparation programmes / Calra Sandoval -- Preventive reparations at the crossroads : the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Colombia's search for peace / Geneviève Lessard -- Institutional complexity in the inter-American human rights system : an investigation of the prohibition of torture / Cristiane Lucena Carneiro and Simone Wegmann -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' new strategic plan : an opporutnity for true strengthening / Gabriela Kletzel.
At the time of the adoption of the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man in 1948, there was little indication that the Declaration would ultimately yield a highly institutionalized system comprised of a quasi-judicial Inter-American Commission and an authoritative Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Today, however, the Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS) has emerged as a central actor in the global human rights regime. This comprehensive volume explores the institutional changes and transformations that the IAHRS has undergone since its creation, offering contributions and insights from a variety of disciplines including history, law, and political science. The book shows how institutional change has affected and been affected by the System's normative leanings, rules of procedure and institutional design, as well as by the position of the IAHRS within the broader landscape of the Americas. The authors examine institutional change from a variety of angles, including the process of change in historical context, normative and legal developments, and the dynamic relationship between the IAHRS and other regional and international human rights institutions. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of Human Rights.
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Originally published as a special issue of The international journal of human rights.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Institutional change and the inter-American human rights system / Par Engstrom and Courtney Hillebrecht -- Silence, hinderances and omissions : the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Brazilian military dictatorship / Bruno Boti Bernardi -- Assessing the record of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Latin America's rural conflict zones (1979-2016) / Luis van Isschot -- The international authority of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights : a critique of the conventionally control doctrine / Jorge Contesse -- Two steps forward, one step back : reflections on the jurisprudence turn of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on domestic reparation programmes / Calra Sandoval -- Preventive reparations at the crossroads : the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Colombia's search for peace / Geneviève Lessard -- Institutional complexity in the inter-American human rights system : an investigation of the prohibition of torture / Cristiane Lucena Carneiro and Simone Wegmann -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' new strategic plan : an opporutnity for true strengthening / Gabriela Kletzel.

At the time of the adoption of the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man in 1948, there was little indication that the Declaration would ultimately yield a highly institutionalized system comprised of a quasi-judicial Inter-American Commission and an authoritative Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Today, however, the Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS) has emerged as a central actor in the global human rights regime. This comprehensive volume explores the institutional changes and transformations that the IAHRS has undergone since its creation, offering contributions and insights from a variety of disciplines including history, law, and political science. The book shows how institutional change has affected and been affected by the System's normative leanings, rules of procedure and institutional design, as well as by the position of the IAHRS within the broader landscape of the Americas. The authors examine institutional change from a variety of angles, including the process of change in historical context, normative and legal developments, and the dynamic relationship between the IAHRS and other regional and international human rights institutions. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of Human Rights.

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