{"title":"Part II Means of Protection, Ch.VII Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, s.2 Functions, Article 42","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0042","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explores Article 42 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), which is a procedural and institutional provision. It requires the States Parties to the Convention to transmit to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights copies of the reports and studies that they submit to other inter-American bodies each year. Although this provision appears to be a marginal procedural provision, it reflects the longstanding position of American States on the nature of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR). Indeed, according to that position, the nature of the economic, social, and cultural rights is perceived to be different from that of civil and political rights and therefore, does require different and specific mechanisms of overview. Article 42 is intimately and inherently connected to Article 26; formally speaking, the “implicit rights” mentioned in Article 42 are those quoted in Article 26.","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90400060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part II Means of Protection, Ch.VII Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, s.2 Functions, Article 41","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0041","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter describes Article 41 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). Article 41 of the ACHR establishes the main function of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights as “to promote respect for and defense of human rights.” Within that mandate, the Commission is entrusted with specific powers. Article 41 lists these seven main functions and powers, which are quite broad and go far beyond the functions that could have been attributed to a treaty body. Indeed, Article 41 is similar in content to Article 18 of the Statute of the Inter-American Commission, which determines the Commission's powers with respect to all members of the Organization of American States.","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78096433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part II Means of Protection, Ch.VIII Inter-American Court of Human Rights, s.1 Organization, Articles 58 and 59","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0058","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explains Articles 58 and 59 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). Article 58 of the ACHR deals with essential and fundamental aspects of the proper functioning of the Inter-American Court. It addresses the question of the choice of the seat of the Court and that of its Secretary. Article 59 concerns more generally the Secretariat of the Court under the direction of the Secretary, and the relationship with the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS). Although they seem to address mainly logistical and administrative issues, Articles 58 and 59 are crucial for the Inter-American Court. Unlike the International Court of Justice or the European Court of Human Rights, the judges do not sit on a permanent basis in San José. The terms of the judges are limited by Article 54 of the ACHR. Therefore, they could effectively and efficiently perform their mandate in the absence of a stable and competent body, to ensure the continuity and stability of the Inter-American Tribunal's operations.","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83039285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part II Means of Protection, Ch.VIII Inter-American Court of Human Rights, s.2 Jurisdiction and Functions, Article 62","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0061","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter analyzes Article 62 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), which is a fundamental and essential provision of the inter-American human rights protection system. Article 62 of the ACHR deals with the modalities for the recognition of the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It establishes the main feature of the exercise of this jurisdiction, namely, a State’s consent-based jurisdiction. In other words, the Court is granted an optional contentious jurisdiction, while the Inter-American Commission holds a compulsory jurisdiction to examine individual petitions on the basis of Article 44 of the ACHR. Article 62 must be analyzed in conjunction with other provisions of the Convention, including Article 61, which deals with the entities entitled to bring cases before the Court, namely, the States Parties and the Commission.","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83298341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part II Means of Protection, Ch.VIII Inter-American Court of Human Rights, s.3 Procedure, Article 66","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0066","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter focuses on Article 66 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). Article 66 of the ACHR contains crucial elements of the adjudicating performance of the Inter-American Court. The first paragraph establishes the principle that reasons must be given for the Court's judgments, while under the second paragraph, the judges who participated in the formation of the judgment may attach a separate opinion, whether concurring or dissenting, to the Court's decisions. These elements are set out and clarified in Article 65 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court. These two provisions, therefore, undoubtedly refer to the key-question of the quality of justice rendered by the Inter-American Court. This must be clear, accessible, and intelligible, in particular for the victim, the defendant State, and more broadly, all States Parties to the ACHR. The legitimacy of the body and, ultimately, its persuasive authority are also at stake.","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88256935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part III General and Transitory Provisions, Ch.X Signature, Ratification, Reservations, Amendments, Protocols, and Denunciation, Article 75","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0075","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter discusses Article 75 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). The ACHR contains a provision on the faculty of States parties to formulate reservations. Its Article 75 is very brief and has no autonomous content. Article 75 of the ACHR refers to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States (VCLT), which was adopted a few weeks before the ACHR, on May 23, 1969. Therefore, Articles 19 to 23 of the VCLT, which deal with reservations to treaties constitute the legal framework set out in Article 75 of the ACHR. From this point of view, Article 75 of the ACHR differs from Article 57 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Indeed, the inter-American provision leaves greater room for discretion to States and respects international practice, which classically grants them an important conventional freedom.","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84081077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part II Means of Protection, Ch.VIII Inter-American Court of Human Rights, s.3 Procedure, Article 67","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0067","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter looks at on Article 67 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). The main purpose of Article 67 of the ACHR is to specify one of the qualities of a judgment of the Inter-American Court, namely, its non-appealable character. The provision is to be read in conjunction with Articles 66 and 68, which refer to other qualities attached to the Court's judgment, that is, their “reasoned” and binding nature for the States concerned. Article 67 of the ACHR is structured around two rules. The first deals with the finality of the Court's judgments and the second with the Court's jurisdiction to interpret them in the event of disagreement between the parties.","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90966440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part II Means of Protection, Ch.VII Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, s.4 Procedure, Article 50","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0050","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter details Article 50 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). In a nutshell, Article 50 of the ACHR provides that if a friendly settlement has not been reached by the parties, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights drafts a report establishing the facts and its conclusions and recommendations if necessary. Article 50 contains three paragraphs. The first paragraph explains the content of the “preliminary report,” included if needed, the separate opinion of commissioners. The second paragraph deals with the confidentiality principle and lays down a crucial element of the procedure. The report is expected to be sent to the States concerned that cannot disclose it. As regards the third paragraph, it indicates that the preliminary report may contain “proposals and recommendations” by the Commission, in addition to the elements described in Article 50-1 of the ACHR. From a litigation point of view, the Article 50 report is of the utmost importance, in the sense that it establishes the factual background and tends to identify the victims.","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82715001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part II Means of Protection, Ch.IX Common Provisions, Article 72","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0072","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter studies Article 72 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), which deals with a fundamental tool for the effective functioning of any institution, that is, its financing. Article 72 provides that members of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and judges of the Inter-American Court shall receive “emoluments … with due regard for the importance and independence of their office.” In addition, it establishes the general framework for the preparation of the Court's budget. Under Article 72, the Inter-American Court plays an important role in the drafting of its budget. This element is obviously crucial to ensuring the independence of the inter-American judiciary with respect to the States Parties to the ACHR, but also with respect to the other organs of the Organization of American States (OAS).","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82817815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part I State Obligations and Rights Protected, Ch.II Civil and Political Rights, Art.6: Freedom from Slavery","authors":"Hennebel Ludovic, T. Hélène","doi":"10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190222345.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter focuses on Article 6 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), which protects one of the most important values in modern international human rights law, that is, the freedom from slavery. Article 6 is structured in three paragraphs that reflect the difficulty to draw the line between absolutely prohibited practices (slavery, involuntary servitude, trafficking, slave trade, forced and compulsory labor) and other forms of duties that might not be considered as forbidden (detainee’s work, military service, civic obligations, and so on). Therefore, the first paragraph contains a rule of absolute prohibition—or put positively, a rule of absolute protection of persons, with a special reference to women. The second and the third paragraphs delimit the scope of the prohibition. Paragraph 2 affirms the exception of forced labor “imposed by a competent court”; while Paragraph 3 enumerates four situations of compulsory work that do not constitute a prohibited conduct under Paragraph 1.","PeriodicalId":22363,"journal":{"name":"The American Convention on Human Rights","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85498803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}