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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]

Relation of Constitutional Courts / Supreme Courts to IACtHR

Tom Gerald Daly

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]
Article last updated:
March 2018

From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 10 October 2024

Subject(s):
Constitutions and international law — Supraconstitutional authority — Supremacy — International human rights treaties — Civil and political rights

General Editors: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum
Managing Editor: Martina Mantovani

1. The relationship between the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) and the constitutional or supreme courts of the twenty States Parties to the American Convention on Human Rights (1969) (‘ACHR’ or ‘Court’) is often presented as a mutually reinforcing partnership based on all courts striving toward the same aim: the protection of human rights. This takes on a particular importance given the challenging context for rights protection across the states under the Court’s jurisdiction, the vast majority of which are Latin American states. The preamble to the...
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