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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case Law and Commentary

Author: Laurencel Burgorgue-Larsen; Amaya Ubeda de Torres
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199588787
Published In: March 2011
Format: Hardback
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The first systematic analysis of the case law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to be published in the English language
Includes extracts of judgments and advisory opinions issued by the Court to illustrate the case law and the authors' commentary
Draws extensive comparison with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, offering a comparative analysis of the two major regional human rights courts
Features a foreword by Sergio Garcia Ramirez
This work offers the first systematic analysis of the case law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to be published in the English language. The book provides a comprehensive collation and commentary on the jurisprudence of the Court, situating it in the broader context of international human rights law, drawing comparisons in particular with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. It features coverage of both procedural and substantive human rights law.

Comprehensively indexed and cross-referenced, the book offers for the first time in English ready access to the jurisprudence of one of the major regional human rights courts. It will be of use to the judiciary, human rights practitioners, human rights activists, government institutions, academics, and students alike.

Based on an original French publication, the book has been fully updated and rewritten and includes extensive bibliographies for each of the issues and rights selected for commentary.

Readership: Practitioners, academics, and students working on international law and human rights law.

Sergio Garcia Ramirez: Foreword
Introduction
Table of Cases
List of Abbreviations
Part I: Procedural Guarantees
1: The optional contentious jurisdiction of the Court
2: The indirect contentious jurisdiction of the Court
3: The jurisdiction ratione materiae of the Court
4: Advisory jurisdiction
5: Determination of victims
6: Exhaustion of domestic remedies
7: The powers of the Court to interpret and revise its judgments
8: The powers of the Court to monitor compliance with its judgments
9: The right to order provisional measures
10: The right to determine reparations
11: The right to iad intra enforcement of the Convention
Part II: Substantive Guarantees
12: The right to life and the death penalty
13: Forced disappearance
14: Extrajudicial executions
15: Right to personal integrity
16: The rights of the child
17: Women's rights
18: Workers' rights
19: The rights of detainees
20: The rights of indigenous peoples
21: The right to the freedom of thought and expression
22: The right to nationality
23: Political rights
24: Economic and social rights
25: The right to due process
26: The right to an effective remedy
27: The right to the truth
Appendices
Sources and Tables
Bibliography
Index

Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen, Professor of Public Law at the Université de Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Amaya Ubeda de Torres, Legal Specialist, Venice Commission, and Translated by Rosalind Greenstein, Senior Lecturer, English for Law, at the Université de Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne