La influencia de la jurisprudencia de la corte interamericana de derechos humanos en el derecho interno de los estados latinoamericanos

Abstract

In this paper the author analyzes the influence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights judgments on the recent development of the internal laws of the Latin-American countries. For this purpose he treats the creation and functions of the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. He also studies the composition of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, its adjudicatory and advisory jurisdiction and the characteristics of its judgments. He also considers the conventional review at an international level by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and at a domestic level by the powers of each State, particularly by the judges. Finally, the author analyzes five specific cases. © 2012.