American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 1948

Abstract

In commemoration of the seventy years anniversary of the adoption of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, it is pertinent to assess the relevance of this instrument in the context of the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights today. An in-depth analysis of the content of its Article V – guarantee of the right to protection of honor, personal reputation, and private and family 1 Doctora en Derecho Internacional Público por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Revista Electrónica Iberoamericana ISSN: 1988 0618 http://www.urjc.es/ceib/ Vol. 13, Edición Especial, 2019 2 life – through reports of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on individual petitions, allows to demonstrate that the American Declaration continues to be a key instrument for the protection of human rights in the regional American system.