Transcript The Inter-American Human Rights System

The Inter-American Human Rights
System
Inter American Human Rights system:
Key web sites & documents
• OAS - http://www.oas.org/
• Charter of the OAS @
http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/charter.html
• Treaties @ http://www.oas.org/DIL/treaties.htm
• American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man@
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas2dec.htm
• American Convention on Human Rights @
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas3con.htm
Inter American Human Rights system:
The Commission
• Inter American Commission on Human Rights @
http://www.cidh.org/DefaultE.htm
– Reports adopted by the Commission @
http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/digest/
index.html
• Finding cases before the Commission
– Cases section of the Commission web site
– University of Minnesota index to Commission cases
@
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cases/commissn.htm
Inter American Human Rights system:
The Court
• @ http://www.corteidh.or.cr/
• University of Minnesota - Basic Documents / jurisprudence @
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/iachr/iachr.html
• Reports
– Series A – Judgments and opinions (Advisory cases)
– Series B – Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to
series A)
– Series C – Decisions and judgments (Contentious cases)
– Series D - Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents (relating to series
C)
– Series E - Provisional measures
• Finding Cases online
– Court web site (as above) – Spanish versions appear first
– University of Minnesota (as above) - Judgments, opinions and decisions
plus related documents
– Worldlii (most recent judgment available 2006)
Introductory
information,
publications,
country reports
Background information
including relationship of
Commission and Court
Country reports,
resolutions, special
reports
Treaties,
ratifications,
reservations/d
eclarations
Reports from
special
rapporteurs,
country
reports,
cases, work
with the court
Special /
Country
reports
Cases
Documents re:
•Migrant workers
•Freedom of
expression
•Women
Statute of the court,
rules of procedure,
composition, history
etc
Annual reports – includes
cases
•Browse judgments chronologically or by country
•Decisions and judgments =series c (contentious)
•Advisory = series A
•Text in word / pdf
Search for judgment by keywords or by
country/date range