James L Cavallaro, Claret Vargas, Clara Sandoval, Bernard Duhaime

Doctrine, Practice, and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System

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Produktbeschreibung

This book allows readers to develop a critical understanding of the inter-American human rights system, as well as the dynamics of rights abuse and state response to violations in the Americas. The inter-American human rights system consists of two bodies, the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The system has been and continues to be essential for the defense and protection of human rights in the Western hemisphere.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 968
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 185mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 1860g
• ISBN-13: 9780190900861
• ISBN-10: 0190900865
• Artikelnr.: 56738887

Autorenporträt

James L. Cavallaro is the President of the University Network for Human Rights. He is a visiting professor at Amherst, teaches at Wesleyan University and Yale Law School, and has been a professor and director of the human rights clinics at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools. He has been a human rights advocate in the Americas for more than three decades and served as a commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2014-2017) and as its president (2016-2017). Claret Vargas is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), a human rights organization focused on deterring torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other severe human rights abuses through litigation, policy, and transitional justice strategies. She previously served as Director of Internationalization at Dejusticia, Colombia, and as Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at Stanford Law School. Clara Sandoval is Director of the Essex Transitional Justice Network, University of Essex School of Law UK. Bernard Duhaime is Professor, Department of Legal Sciences, University of Quebec, Montreal. Caroline Bettinger-Lopez is Professor of Clinical Legal Education & Director, Human Rights Clinic, University of Miami School of Law. Stephanie Erin Brewer is International Director, Miguel Agustín Pro Juarez Human Rights Center, Mexico. Diana Guzmán is a JSD Candidate, Stanford Law School, and Associate Professor, National University of Colombia. Cecilia Naddeo is a Legal Officer, CTED, UN Security Council.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1
* Introduction--Doctrine, Practice, and Advocacy in the Inter-American
Human Rights System
* PART I
* INTRODUCTION, EVOLUTION AND OPERATION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM
* Chapter 2
* Evolution of the System: The Inter-American Commission and Court
* Chapter 3
* Petitioning the Inter-American System: Admissibility requirements for
Contentious Cases
* Chapter 4
* Jurisdiction Beyond Contentious Cases: What Else Can the System Do?
* PART II
* THE DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM
* Chapter 5
* Mass Atrocity, Contemporary Responses, and Transitional Justice
* Chapter 6
* The Right to Life
* Chapter 7
* Emergency, Armed Conflict, and Human Rights Protections in the
Inter-American System
* Chapter 8
* Detention and Conditions in Detention Centers
* Chapter 9
* The Rights to Physical Integrity, Freedom from Torture, and Freedom
from Third-Party Violence
* Chapter 10 Women's Rights, Gender, and Sexuality
* Chapter 11
* The Rights of Children
* Chapter 12
* Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Rights and the Inter-American System
* Chapter 13
* Freedoms of Belief, Expression, Assembly, and Association
* Chapter 14
* Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
* PART III
* BEYOND JUDGMENT-REPARATIONS, COMPLIANCE, AND THE FUTURE OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM
* Chapter 15
* Reparations and Compliance
* Chapter 16
* The Future of The Inter-American Human Rights System
* Index