Part II Means of Protection, Ch.VIII Inter-American Court of Human Rights, s.1 Organization, Article 53

Abstract

This chapter assesses Article 53 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). The purpose of Article 53 of the ACHR is to clarify the voting procedure for the election of judges to the Inter-American Court. The provision is therefore intrinsically linked to Article 52, which sets out the objective conditions for eligibility. It is also related to Article 54 dedicated to the mandate per se. The provision is further supplemented by Articles 6 to 9 of the Statute of the Inter-American Court. Article 53 illustrates the fact that as with other international courts and bodies, the questions of elections of judges and voting are mainly state-centric issues, exclusively controlled by the States Parties to the ACHR.