A Joint Working Session On The Implementation Of International Human Rights Obligations And Standards In The Inter-American System
The International Justice Project and The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights
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Overview / Resumen
Programme / Programa
Biographies of Panelists
Opening Remarks / Introducción
Marta Altolaguirre, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Opening Panel 1:
Implementation of International Human Rights Obligations and Respect for
International Standards: An Overview of the Issues, Problems and Challenges
Implementación de los compromisos y los estándares internacionales de los derechos humanos: Un resumen de los temas, problemas y desafiós.
Panel 2:
Implementation through Legislative, Administrative and Policy Mechanisms
Implementación mediante mecanismos legislativos, administrativos y politicos.
Panel 3:
Implementation through Judicial, Quasi-judicial and other Supervisory Mechanisms
Implementación mediante organismos judiciales, cuasijudiciales y otros mecanismos de supervisión.
Panel 4
Implementation through Intrastate Levels of Government, including Federal,
State/Provincial and Municipal Jurisdictions
Implementación mediante mecanismos intergubernamentales, incluyendo las jurisidicciones federales, estatales/provinciales, y municipales.
Closing Address / Clausura
de Sesión
José Zalaquett, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Observations and Proposed Inititatives
This document has been prepared based upon the presentations of panelists and corresponding discussions during the Working Session. The document summarizes the main observations provided during the Working Session concerning the challenges in implementing international human rights and freedoms at the domestic level, as well as proposed initiatives that might assist in meeting those challenges. This includes a summary of general principles governing the domestic implementation of international human rights law, followed by more specific observations and proposed initiatives concerning the three main implementation mechanisms discussed during the Working Session, namely legislative, judicial and intergovernmental mechanisms as well as methods related to these categories.
To obtain a copy in either Spanish or English please contact the IJP or the Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Panelist Writings
Related Writings
Court Decisions
Additional Resources
The complete manual of the Working Session as a single document is available in two languages:
English
En Español
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