The Inter-American Court of Human Rights : case-law and commentary
Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen (Author), Amaya Úbeda de Torres (Author), Rosalind Greenstein (Translator)
This book provides a reference guide to the case law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Structured in two parts, it covers the case law on jurisdiction and procedure before the Court and the case law on the scope of particular rights, drawing comparisons with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights
Trials, litigation, etc
lix, 886 pages ; 26 cm
9780199588787, 0199588783
646393943
pt. I. Procedural guarantees
The optional contentious jurisdiction of the Court
The indirect contentious jurisdiction of the Court
The jurisdiction ratione materiae of the Court
Advisory jurisdiction
Determination of victims
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
The powers of the Court to interpret and revise its judgments
The powers of the Court to monitor compliance with its judgments
The right to order provisional measures
The right to determine reparations
The right to ad intra enforcement of the Convention
pt. II. Substantive guarantees
The right to life and the death penalty
Forced disappearance
Extrajudicial executions
Right to personal integrity
The rights of the child
Women's rights
Worker's rights
The rights of detainees
The rights of indigenous peoples
The right to the freedom of thought and expression
The right to nationality
Political rights
Economic and social rights
The right to due process
The right to an effective remedy
The right to the truth
Translated from the French