American Convention on Human Rights

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human rights treaty international convention regional treaty

The American Convention on Human Rights is a key regional human rights treaty in the Americas that establishes civil and political rights standards and underpins the jurisdiction of the Inter-American human rights system.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human rights treaty → international convention → regional treaty →
adoptedBy	Organization of American States →
adoptedInCity	San José →
adoptedInCountry	Costa Rica →
adoptionDate	1969-11-22 →
alsoKnownAs	Protocol of San Salvador → surface form: Pact of San José Pacto de San José de Costa Rica →
articleCountApproximate	80 →
basedOn	Universal Declaration of Human Rights →
containsChapter	means of protection → rights and duties →
containsProvisionOn	derogation in states of emergency → non-discrimination → political participation → progressive development of economic, social and cultural rights → right to property → rights of the child →
depositary	Secretariat of the Organization of American States → surface form: General Secretariat of the Organization of American States
enforcementMechanism	individual petitions → state-to-state complaints →
enteredIntoForceDate	1978-07-18 →
establishesBody	Inter-American Court of Human Rights →
geopoliticalOrganization	Organization of American States member states →
inspiredBy	European Convention on Human Rights →
jurisdiction	Inter-American human rights system →
language	English → French → Portuguese → Spanish →
legalStatus	binding on ratifying states →
monitoredBy	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights →
openedForSignatureDate	1969-11-22 →
partOf	Inter-American human rights system →
providesFor	advisory jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights → contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights →
region	Americas →
requires	exhaustion of domestic remedies before international petition →
scope	states of the Americas →
subjectMatter	civil rights → due process → freedom from torture → freedom of expression → judicial protection → political rights → right to a fair trial → right to life →

Referenced by (10)

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

Inter-American human rights system → basedOn → American Convention on Human Rights →

Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → basedOn → American Convention on Human Rights →

Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → basedOn → American Convention on Human Rights →

Inter-American human rights system → coreInstrument → American Convention on Human Rights →

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → influenced → American Convention on Human Rights →

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → legalBasis → American Convention on Human Rights →

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → legalFramework → American Convention on Human Rights →

Inter-American human rights system → monitorsComplianceOf → American Convention on Human Rights →

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

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → relatedTo → American Convention on Human Rights →