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building of a new society. In this process, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, “ iachr ”) has contributed significantly to the progress of transitional justice. Through its jurisprudence the Court has enshrined fundamental principles related to transitional justice. In addition, it
rights violations targeting persons with mental illness judged by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Considering that the only case found was Damião Ximenes Lopes v. Brazil , the specific goal of this study was to discuss, in the light of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
1 Introduction The recognition of an autonomous rights to water and to the environment in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (‘IACtHR’ or ‘Court’) is a recent phenomenon. It is directly connected with the adjudication of economic, social, cultural, and
on a regional as well as on a national level has gained importance over the past few years. The activities of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) and the issue of the “judicialisation of politics” 2 in several Latin American and Caribbean countries evidence such trends. The theme of
literature that discusses the role of judicial decisions in constructing, de- and re- constructing what it means to be a child and the content of her rights. This article focuses on the study of judicial decisions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ( iachr ) which is an autonomous judicial
© koninklijke brill nv, leiden, ���9 | doi:�0.��63/�87574�3_0��00�0�3 Chapter 12 The Control of Conventionality: Developments in the Case Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Its Potential Expanding Effects in International Human Rights Law María Carmelina Londoño-Lázaro and
252 CHAPTER IV THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS A. COMPOSITION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Name Nationality Date of Expiry Thomas Buergenthal United States 31 December 1988 Rafael Nieto Navia Colombian 31 December 1988 Huntley Eugene Munroe Jamaican 31 December 1985
were created : The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The Commission was created in 1959 and began functioning in 1960. The Court could only be established after the Convention entered in to force and the Court's first hearing was held on June 29 and
CHAPTER II THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Hector Gros-Espiell Hector Fix-Zamudio Thomas Buergenthal Rafael Nieto-Navia Policarpo Callejas-Bonilla Orlando Tovar-Tamayo Sonia Picado-Sotela Hector Gros Espiell A. COMPOSITION Nationality Uruguayan Mexican U.S.A. Colombian
CHAPTER II THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS A. COMPOSITION Name Nationality Date of Expiry Rafael Nieto Navia Hector Gros Espiell Rodolfo Piza Escalante Thomas Buergenthal Colombian Uruguayan Costa Rican U.S.A. Venezuelan Mexican Honduran 31 December 1988 Pedro Antonio