LibGuides: International Human Rights Law: The Americas

The Americas

The American Convention on Human Rights 1969
Entered into force on 18 July 1978.
Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty 1990
Adopted June 8, 1990.
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1988
Entered into force November 16, 1999.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Links to decisions at different stages, compliance with judgments, and advanced search.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Database
Search Inter-American Court decisions by case name, country, and topic. Advanced search features include the ability to search by specific violation of various Inter-American Conventions.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights jurisprudence commentary
Case summaries and index for IACHR jurisprudence by Professor Richard Wilson, American University. Accessible through University of Minnesota Library.
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Founding documents, case law, annual reports, press releases, and publications of the IACHR.
The Inter-American System of Human Rights: A Research Guide
by Cecilia Cristina Naddeo, Stanford Law School. Provides links to primary and secondary legal materials, and annual reports.