Abstract

AGUILAR CAVALLO, Gonzalo. Emergence of an American Human Rights Law in Latin America. Cuest. Const. [online]. 2011, n.24, pp.3-89. ISSN 1405-9193.

There has been a great symmetry between the 80th and 90th democratic processes and the acceptation of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' jurisdiction by Latin-American States. The latter has fostered the emergence of American Human Rights Law. American Human Rights Law would be fed on states' common constitutional traditions and international human rights instruments. The American Human Rights Law would delimit an American space of public order. Nowadays, the main features of this legal order would be the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights and cultural diversity. A weakness of this legal order lies in the due observance of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' decisions.

Keywords : human rights; international human rights law; constitutional law.

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