The inter-American court of human rights

By:

Davidson Scott

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Aldershot Dartmouth 1992Description: 217p xixISBN:

9781855212343

Subject(s):

1. Inter-American Courts - Organisations - Function - Human Rights

DDC classification:

342.085000 DAV

Contents:

Contents: 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 domestic 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 treaties" 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 iuscogens; 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.

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Contents:
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 domestic 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 treaties" 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 iuscogens;
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.

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