Knowra American Convention on Human Rights American Convention on Human Rights A 1969 regional human-rights treaty that binds its parties to protect specified rights and establishes the Inter-American Court and Commission as parts of its enforcement system.
American Convention on Human Rights Article 1 : The Convention provision requiring states parties to respect protected rights and ensure their free and full exercise. It establishes the general obligations underlying the treaty's more specific rights.
Organization of American States : A regional organization founded in 1948 to promote cooperation, democracy, security, and human rights among states in the Americas. The Convention was adopted within the OAS and its supervisory institutions belong to the organization.
Barrios Altos v. Peru : A 2001 Inter-American Court judgment holding Peru's amnesty laws incompatible with the American Convention. The judgment established that amnesty provisions obstructing investigation of grave violations could not prevent accountability.
European Convention on Human Rights : A 1950 Council of Europe treaty protecting human rights through the European Court of Human Rights. It offers a parallel regional treaty system, with a court that individuals may petition directly.
American Convention on Human Rights Article 2 : The Convention provision requiring states to adopt legislative or other measures needed to give effect to protected rights. It requires states to align domestic law and practice with Convention protections.
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man : A 1948 OAS declaration setting out civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights and duties. It preceded the treaty and supplied an earlier regional framework for human-rights protection.
Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras : A 1988 Inter-American Court judgment finding Honduras responsible for the forced disappearance of Manfredo Velásquez. It articulated state duties to prevent, investigate, and punish human-rights violations.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : A 1981 African Union treaty protecting individual and peoples' rights and imposing duties on individuals. It is another regional rights treaty, with a broader express focus on collective rights and duties.
Civil and political rights : Rights protecting individual liberty and participation in public life, including expression, fair trial, and political participation. Most rights specified in the Convention's principal catalogue belong to this broader family.
Inter-American human rights system : The institutions and legal instruments through which the OAS promotes and protects human rights in the Americas. The Convention became the system's central treaty-based instrument for states that ratified it.
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