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style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ededed">American Convention on Human Rights</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Memorial_de_las_v%C3%ADctimas_del_Mozote.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Memorial_de_las_v%C3%ADctimas_del_Mozote.jpg/200px-Memorial_de_las_v%C3%ADctimas_del_Mozote.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Memorial_de_las_v%C3%ADctimas_del_Mozote.jpg/300px-Memorial_de_las_v%C3%ADctimas_del_Mozote.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Memorial_de_las_v%C3%ADctimas_del_Mozote.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signed</th><td class="infobox-data">22 November 1969</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9,_Costa_Rica" title="San José, Costa Rica">San José</a>, <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Effective</th><td class="infobox-data">18 July 1978</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">11 ratifications</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parties</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">24<br />23 (from September 2013)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depositary</th><td class="infobox-data">General Secretariat of the <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_American_States" title="Organization of American States">Organization of American States</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ededed;">Full text</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/16px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/32px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/American_Convention_on_Human_Rights" class="extiw" title="wikisource:American Convention on Human Rights">American Convention on Human Rights</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>American Convention on Human Rights</b> (ACHR), also known as the <b>Pact of San José</b> or by its Spanish name used in most of the signatory nations, <i>Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos</i>, is an <a href="/wiki/International_human_rights_instruments" title="International human rights instruments">international human rights instrument</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was adopted by many countries in the Western Hemisphere in <a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9,_Costa_Rica" title="San José, Costa Rica">San José</a>, <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a>, on 22 November 1969. It came into force after the eleventh instrument of ratification (that of <a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a>) was deposited on 18 July 1978. </p><p>The bodies responsible for overseeing compliance with the Convention are the <a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Commission_on_Human_Rights" title="Inter-American Commission on Human Rights">Inter-American Commission on Human Rights</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="Inter-American Court of Human Rights">Inter-American Court of Human Rights</a>, both of which are organs of the <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_American_States" title="Organization of American States">Organization of American States</a> (OAS). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content_and_purpose">Content and purpose</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Convention_on_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Content and purpose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to its preamble, the purpose of the Convention is "to consolidate in this hemisphere, within the framework of democratic institutions, a system of personal liberty and <a href="/wiki/Social_justice" title="Social justice">social justice</a> based on respect for the essential rights of man."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chapter I establishes the general obligation of the states parties to uphold the rights set forth in the Convention to all persons under their jurisdiction, and to adapt their domestic laws to bring them into line with the Convention. The 23 articles of Chapter II give a list of individual civil and political rights due to all persons, including the right to life "in general, from the moment of conception",<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to humane treatment, to a fair trial, to <a href="/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy">privacy</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_conscience" title="Freedom of conscience">freedom of conscience</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_assembly" title="Freedom of assembly">freedom of assembly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_movement" title="Freedom of movement">freedom of movement</a>, etc. Article 13 prohibits "any propaganda for war and any advocacy of national, racial, or religious hatred that constitute incitement to lawless violence or to any other similar action against any person on any grounds including those of race, color, religion, language, or national origin" to be considered as offence punishable by law.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This provision is established under influence of Article 20 of the <a href="/wiki/International_Covenant_of_Civil_and_Political_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights">International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights</a>. The single article in Chapter III deals with <a href="/wiki/Economic,_social,_and_cultural_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic, social, and cultural rights">economic, social, and cultural rights</a>. The somewhat cursory treatment given to this issue here was expanded some ten years later with the <b>Protocol of San Salvador</b> (see below). </p><p>Chapter IV describes those circumstances in which certain rights can be temporarily suspended, such as during states of emergency, and the formalities to be followed for such suspension to be valid. However, it does not authorize any suspension of Article 3 (right to juridical personality), Article 4 (right to life), Article 5 (right to humane treatment), Article 6 (freedom from slavery), Article 9 (freedom from <a href="/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law" title="Ex post facto law">ex post facto laws</a>), Article 12 (freedom of conscience and religion), Article 17 (right to family), Article 18 (right to the name), Article 19 (rights of the child), Article 20 (right to nationality), Article 22 (<a href="/wiki/Right_of_asylum" title="Right of asylum">right of asylum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Non-refoulement" title="Non-refoulement">non-refoulement</a>) or Article 23 (right to participate in government).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chapter V, with a nod to the balance between rights and duties enshrined in the earlier <a href="/wiki/American_Declaration_of_the_Rights_and_Duties_of_Man" title="American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man">American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man</a>, points out that individuals have responsibilities as well as rights. </p><p>Chapters VI, VII, VIII, and IX contain provisions for the creation and operation of the two bodies responsible for overseeing compliance with the Convention: the <a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Commission_on_Human_Rights" title="Inter-American Commission on Human Rights">Inter-American Commission</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, United States, and the <a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="Inter-American Court of Human Rights">Inter-American Court</a>, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9,_Costa_Rica" title="San José, Costa Rica">San José</a>, <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a>. </p><p>Chapter X deals with mechanisms for ratifying the Convention, amending it or placing reservations in it, or denouncing it. Various transitory provisions are set forth in Chapter XI. </p><p>In the ensuing years, the states parties to the American Convention have supplemented its provisions with two additional protocols. </p><p>The first, the <b>Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights</b> (more commonly known as the "Protocol of San Salvador"), was opened for signature in the city of <a href="/wiki/San_Salvador" title="San Salvador">San Salvador</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a>, on 17 November 1988. It represented an attempt to take the inter-American human rights system to a higher level by enshrining its protection of so-called <a href="/wiki/Three_generations_of_human_rights" title="Three generations of human rights">second-generation rights</a> in the economic, social, and cultural spheres. The protocol's provisions cover such areas as the <a href="/wiki/Right_to_work" title="Right to work">right to work</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Right_to_health" title="Right to health">right to health</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Right_to_food" title="Right to food">right to food</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Right_to_education" title="Right to education">right to education</a>. It came into effect on 16 November 1999 and has been ratified by 16 nations (see below).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second, the <b>Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty</b>, was adopted at <a href="/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n" title="Asunción">Asunción</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a>, on 8 June 1990. While Article 4 of the American Convention had already placed severe restrictions on the states' ability to impose the <a href="/wiki/Death_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="Death penalty">death penalty</a> – only applicable for the most serious crimes; no reinstatement once abolished; not to be used for political offenses or common crimes; not to be used against those aged under 18 or over 70, or against pregnant women – signing this protocol formalizes a state's solemn commitment to refrain from using capital punishment in any peacetime circumstance. To date it has been ratified by 13 nations (see below).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inter-American_Court's_Interpretation"><span id="Inter-American_Court.27s_Interpretation"></span>Inter-American Court's Interpretation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Convention_on_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Inter-American Court's Interpretation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Inter-American Court makes a broad interpretation of the American Convention. It interprets it according to the pro homine principle, in an evolutive fashion and making use of other treaties and soft law. The result is that, in practice, the Inter-American Court modifies the content of the American Convention.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ratifications">Ratifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Convention_on_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ratifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AmericanConventiononHumanRights-map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/AmericanConventiononHumanRights-map.svg/300px-AmericanConventiononHumanRights-map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="291" class="mw-file-element" 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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Convention_on_Human_Rights&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 25 of the 35 OAS's member states have <a href="/wiki/Ratification" title="Ratification">ratified</a> the Convention, while two have denounced it subsequently, and one of the two ratified it repeatedly, leaving 24 active parties:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Ratification date </th> <th>1st additional protocol </th> <th>Additional Protocol on the Death Penalty </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Treaty#Ending_treaty_obligations" title="Treaty">Denunciation</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a></td> <td>14 August 1984</td> <td>30 June 2003</td> <td>18 June 2008</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a></td> <td>5 December 1981</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a></td> <td>20 June 1979</td> <td>12 July 2006</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></td> <td>9 July 1992</td> <td>8 August 1996</td> <td>31 July 1996</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a></td> <td>8 August 1990</td> <td></td> <td>4 August 2008</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a></td> <td>28 May 1973</td> <td>10 October 1997</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></td> <td>2 March 1970</td> <td>9 September 1999</td> <td>30 March 1998</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a></td> <td>3 June 1993</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></td> <td>21 January 1978</td> <td></td> <td>27 January 2011</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a></td> <td>8 December 1997</td> <td>2 February 1993</td> <td>5 February 1998</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a></td> <td>20 June 1978</td> <td>4 May 1995</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a></td> <td>14 July 1978</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a></td> <td>27 April 1978</td> <td>30 May 2000</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a></td> <td>14 September 1977</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a></td> <td>5 September 1977</td> <td>14 September 2011</td> <td>10 November 2011</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></td> <td>19 July 1978</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></td> <td>2 March 1981</td> <td>8 March 1996</td> <td>28 June 2007</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></td> <td>25 September 1979</td> <td>15 December 2009</td> <td>24 March 1999</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a></td> <td>8 May 1978</td> <td>28 October 1992</td> <td>27 June 1991</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a></td> <td>18 August 1989</td> <td>28 May 1997</td> <td>31 October 2000</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a></td> <td>12 July 1978</td> <td>17 May 1995</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a></td> <td>12 December 1987</td> <td>28 February 1990</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></td> <td>4 April 1991</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>26 May 1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a></td> <td>26 March 1985</td> <td>21 December 1995</td> <td>8 February 1994</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a></td> <td>23 June 1977, 31 July 2019</td> <td></td> <td>24 August 1992</td> <td>10 September 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Trinidad and Tobago denounced the Convention on 26 May 1998 (effective 26 May 1999) over the <a href="/wiki/Death_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="Death penalty">death penalty</a> issue.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Venezuela denounced the Convention on 10 September 2012 accusing the Inter-American Court and Commission to undermine its Government's stability by interfering with its domestic affairs. Necessary reforms of the institution were blocked. Therefore, it would henceforth increase its cooperation with the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Council" title="United Nations Human Rights Council">United Nations Human Rights Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denunciations, according to Article 78 of the ACHR, become effective one year after having been declared. They do not release the state party from its obligations resulting from acts that have occurred before the effective date of denunciation. In 2019, Venezuela re-ratified the convention.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Convention_on_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The treaty is open to all OAS member states, although to date it has not been ratified by <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> or several of the <a href="/wiki/Anglophone_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglophone Caribbean">English-speaking Caribbean</a> nations; the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> signed it in 1977 but has not proceeded with ratification, with the last hearing held in the U.S. Senate on November 19, 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Canada did at one point seriously consider ratification, but has decided against it, despite being in principle in favour of such a treaty.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ACHR, having been largely drafted by the predominantly <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholic</a> nations of Latin America, contains anti-abortion provisions, specifically, Article 4.1: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law and, in general, from the moment of conception. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>This conflicts with the <a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Canada" title="Abortion in Canada">current legality of abortions in Canada</a>. Although Canada could ratify the convention with a reservation with respect to abortion (as did <a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Mexico" title="Abortion in Mexico">Mexico</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), that would contradict Canada's stated opposition to the making of reservations to human rights treaties. Another solution would be for the other states to remove the anti-abortion provisions, but that is unlikely to occur due to strong opposition to abortion in those countries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Convention_on_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fetal_rights" title="Fetal rights">Fetal rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights" title="Women's rights">Women's rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_human_rights_law" title="International human rights law">International human rights law</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Declaration_of_the_Rights_and_Duties_of_Man" title="American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man">American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Convention_on_Human_Rights&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAntkowiakGonza2017" class="citation book cs1">Antkowiak, Thomas; Gonza, Alejandra (2017). <i>The American Convention on Human Rights: Essential Rights</i>. Oxford University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+American+Convention+on+Human+Rights%3A+Essential+Rights&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2017&rft.aulast=Antkowiak&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft.au=Gonza%2C+Alejandra&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Convention+on+Human+Rights" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oas.org/dil/treaties_b-32_american_convention_on_human_rights.pdf">"AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS "PACT OF SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA" (B-32)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Organization of American States</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 19,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Organization+of+American+States&rft.atitle=AMERICAN+CONVENTION+ON+HUMAN+RIGHTS+%22PACT+OF+SAN+JOSE%2C+COSTA+RICA%22+%28B-32%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oas.org%2Fdil%2Ftreaties_b-32_american_convention_on_human_rights.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Convention+on+Human+Rights" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Article 4(1). To understand the breadth of this statement see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=1776922">Controversial Conceptions: The Unborn in the American Convention on Human Rights</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Article 13(5)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Article 27(2)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/sigs/a-52.html">":: Multilateral Treaties > Department of International Law > OAS ::"</a>. <i>www.oas.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-06-27</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.oas.org&rft.atitle=%3A%3A+Multilateral+Treaties+%3E+Department+of+International+Law+%3E+OAS+%3A%3A&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oas.org%2Fjuridico%2Fenglish%2Fsigs%2Fa-52.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Convention+on+Human+Rights" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/Sigs/a-53.html">":: Multilateral Treaties > Department of International Law > OAS ::"</a>. <i>www.oas.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-06-27</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.oas.org&rft.atitle=%3A%3A+Multilateral+Treaties+%3E+Department+of+International+Law+%3E+OAS+%3A%3A&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oas.org%2Fjuridico%2Fenglish%2FSigs%2Fa-53.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Convention+on+Human+Rights" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">To understand the breadth of this statement see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3090993">The American Convention on Human Rights: Updated by the Inter-American Court</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/sigs/b-32.html">"American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica" – Signatories and Ratifications"</a>. <i>www.oas.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.oas.org&rft.atitle=American+Convention+on+Human+Rights+%22Pact+of+San+Jose%2C+Costa+Rica%22+%E2%80%93+Signatories+and+Ratifications&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oas.org%2Fjuridico%2Fenglish%2Fsigs%2Fb-32.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmerican+Convention+on+Human+Rights" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oas.org/dil/treaties_B-32_American_Convention_on_Human_Rights_sign.htm#Trinidad%20and%20Tobago">"Notice to Denounce the American Convention on Human Rights"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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camp">at Guantánamo Bay detention camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_during_the_Battle_of_Mosul_(2016-2017)" class="mw-redirect" title="Human rights abuses during the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017)">during the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_violations_during_the_Gaddafi_regime" title="Human rights violations during the Gaddafi regime">during the Gaddafi regime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_violations_during_the_Libyan_civil_war_(2011)" title="Human rights violations during the Libyan civil war (2011)">during the Libyan civil war (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Afghanistan">in Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Algeria" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Algeria">in Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Angola" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Angola">in Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Algeria" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Algeria">in Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Armenia" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Armenia">in Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Australia" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Australia">in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Austria" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Austria">in Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_in_Azad_Kashmir" title="Human rights abuses in Azad Kashmir">in Azad Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Azerbaijan" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Azerbaijan">in Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Bahrain" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Bahrain">in Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_in_Balochistan" title="Human rights 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abuses in El Salvador">in El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Ethiopia" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Ethiopia">in Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_France" title="Category:Human rights abuses in France">in France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Gabon" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Gabon">in Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Ghana" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Ghana">in Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Germany" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Germany">in Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Guatemala" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Guatemala">in Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Hong_Kong" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Hong Kong">in Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Egypt" 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title="Category:Human rights abuses in Italy">in Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir">in Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Japan" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Japan">in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_in_Kashmir" title="Human rights abuses in Kashmir">in Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Kazakhstan" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Kazakhstan">in Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Kenya" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Kenya">in Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Kuwait" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Kuwait">in Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Kyrgyzstan" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Kyrgyzstan">in Kyrgyzstan‎</a></li> <li><a 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title="Category:Human rights abuses in Papua New Guinea">in Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Peru" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Peru">in Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Poland" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Poland">in Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_in_Punjab,_India" title="Human rights abuses in Punjab, India">in Punjab, India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Romania" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Romania">in Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Russia" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Russia">in the Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia">in Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Human_rights_abuses_in_Sierra_Leone" title="Category:Human rights abuses in Sierra Leone">in Sierra Leone</a></li> 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