Essays about: "Inter-American Court of human Rights"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 17 essays containing the words Inter-American Court of human Rights.
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11. Human Rights Violations in Argentina and Uruguay : A study with focus on the legal status of the amnesty laws
University essay from Stockholms universitet/LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : This essay analyzes in a comparative manner, the cases of Argentina and Uruguay regarding the amnesty laws that both issued to members of the armed forces after the transition to democracy from the authoritarian regime, for violations of human rights committed during the military dictatorship. The research seeks to understand the causes that have made the amnesty law in Argentina from 1986 and 1987, together with the presidential pardoning of 1989 to be declared unconstitutional in 2005 and 2007 by the Argentinian Supreme Court, while the Uruguayan amnesty law issued in 1986 is at the time when this research was made still in force. READ MORE
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12. Pilot Judgments at the ECtHR - Altered Prospects for Individual Justice?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Primarily due to a massively overburdened docket, the European Court of Human Rights has been experiencing major challenges in the last decade. The crisis has prompted it to modify its procedures and one recent innovation at the Court is the pilot judgment procedure, which is a tool for dealing with systemic deficiencies in the Member States. READ MORE
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13. Discrimination Against Undocumented Migrant Workers in Latin America with a focus on Haitian migrants in The Dominican Republic
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Intra-regional migration in Latin America is an increasing phenomenon. Many interregional agreements and treaties are being consolidated in the region; however, there are many cases of irregular migration, which leads the migrant worker to be undocumented in the country of destination. READ MORE
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14. Indigenous Peoples – A Hinder to Development?: The Right to Prior Consultation in Colombia and Peru
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The thesis deals with the following question: Do the national legislation initiatives of Colombia and Peru, aiming at protecting the Indigenous Peoples’ right to land through their right to be consulted prior to any measures that may affect their lives and lands, reach the internationally set standards that these countries have committed to? The thesis concludes that the term Indigenous Peoples has not been defined in International Law. Today two criteria are being used: subjective and objective elements. READ MORE
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15. Equality and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: what is the Ideology?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This works analyzes the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in connection with equality and non-discrimination. The thesis has two major parts. The first part discusses a possible pattern or standard to predict the results of the Inter-American Court in connection with equality and non-discrimination. READ MORE
