Abstract: The inter-American system and the organization of American states origins of the system the organization of American states the major organs of the OAS the regional system for protecting human rights under the OAS charter the American convention on human rights the structure and procedure of the court structure of the court rights, duties and responsibilities of judges organization of the court the practice and procedure of the court contentious proceedings advisory opinions the contentious jurisdiction of the court acceptance of the court's jurisdiction waiver of commission procedures exhaustion of remedies evidence and the burden of proof in contentious cases judgments in contentious cases remedies the advisory jurisdiction of the court basis of the court's advisory jurisdiction who may request an advisory opinion? what may be the subject matter of an advisory opinion? the court's obligation to tender advisory opinions disguised contentious cases the meaning of other in article 64(1) the meaning of domestic laws in article 64(2) agencies of the state competent to seek an opinion the developing jurisprudence of the court the court's techniques of interpretation the literal approach context and object and purpose supplementary means of interpretation the development of international law by the court the law of treaties state responsibility the rule against discrimination the development of the court's jurisprudence concerning the convention substantive rights disappearances - the right to life (article 4), the right to humane treatment (article 5) and the right to personal liberty (article 7) the right to nationality (article 20) freedom of thought and expression (article 13) right to reply (article 14) restrictions to, and derogation from, rights protected by the convention evolving concepts, current problems and future prospects the court, its ideology and human rights human rights and ius cogens human rights as novel instruments lack of use of the court's contentious jurisdiction general problems concerning the international protection of human rights problems arising from the structure of the convention.
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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