Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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international court judicial body of the Organization of American States regional human rights court

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is a regional judicial body that interprets and enforces human rights standards for member states across the Americas.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos	1
IACtHR	1
Plenary of Judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international court ⓘ judicial body of the Organization of American States ⓘ regional human rights court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ surface form: Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
buildingName	Court’s headquarters in San José ⓘ
canHearCasesBroughtBy	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ States parties to the American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
canIssue	advisory opinions ⓘ binding judgments ⓘ provisional measures ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
country	Costa Rica ⓘ
electsBy	General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	supervision of compliance with judgments ⓘ
foundedBy	Organization of American States ⓘ
governs	human rights obligations of OAS member states that ratified the American Convention ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType	advisory jurisdiction ⓘ contentious jurisdiction ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.corteidh.or.cr ⓘ
hasOrgan	Registry of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
hasPart	Inter-American Court of Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Plenary of Judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
hasPrecedentInfluenceOn	domestic courts in the Americas ⓘ international human rights jurisprudence ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San José ⓘ surface form: San José, Costa Rica
inception	1979 ⓘ
judgeTermLength	6 years ⓘ
judgeTermRenewable	once ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	States parties to the American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
legalArea	international human rights law ⓘ
legalBasis	American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Standard Time
memberOf	Inter-American human rights system ⓘ surface form: Inter-American Human Rights System
numberOfJudges	7 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Organization of American States ⓘ
primaryFunction	adjudication of human rights violations ⓘ interpretation of the American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
receivesCasesFrom	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
regionServed	Americas ⓘ
shortName	Inter-American Court of Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IACtHR
subjectMatter	civil and political rights ⓘ economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	public international organization body ⓘ
worksWith	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → appliedBy → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

Secretary General of the Organization of American States → associatedWith → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → cooperatesWith → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women → enforcementBody → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

American Convention on Human Rights → establishesBody → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → hasBody → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → hasMainOrgan → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

Organization of American States → hasOrgan → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → hasPart → Inter-American Court of Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plenary of Judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Registry of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights → partOf → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → shortName → Inter-American Court of Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: IACtHR

Secretariat of the Organization of American States → supportsBody → Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ