American Convention on Human Rights : A Commentary

This book offers a systematic commentary on the principal human rights treaty of the inter-American system: the American Convention on Human Rights. The Convention was adopted in 1969, and has been ratified mostly by Latin American States, with 23 States Parties. The commentary provides an understanding of how the human rights protected by this treaty have been interpreted in the various cases examined by the protection bodies, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It also explains the workings of the protection system, including the individual complaints mechanism.

Ludovic Hennebel is professor of international law in Aix-en-Provence Law School at Aix-Marseille University, France, Director of the Institute for International Humanitarian Studies. He is also the head of a law firm specializing in global justice and international litigation strategy and in the field of human rights, and expert member of the United Nations' Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Hélène Tigroudja is professor of international law in Aix-en-Provence Law School at Aix-Marseille University, France, and the academic director of the LL.M program in international law. She is expert member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and a former Senior Hauser Fellow at New York University.