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Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights –

Selected Bibliography

 

 

 

Abranches, de, C. A. Dunshee, “The Inter‑American Court of Human Rights,” 30 American University Law Review 79‑125 (1980).

Aceves, W.J., “Individual rights under Vienna Convention on Consular Relations--duty to inform detained foreign nationals of right to seek consular assistance--protections against arbitrary deprivation of life--advisory jurisdiction of Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 94(3) American Journal of International Law 555-63 (July 2000).

Amiott, Jennifer A., “Environment, Equality, and Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights in the Inter-American Human Rights System: Mayagna (Sumo) Indigenous Community of Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua,” 32 Environmental Law 873 (Fall 2002).

Anaya, S.James & Claudio Grossman, “The Case of Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua: A New Step in the International Law of Indigenous Peoples,” 19 Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law1 (Spring 2002)

—      et. al., “The Protection of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights over Lands and Natural Resources under the Inter-American Human Rights System,” 14 Harvard Human Rights Journal 33-86 (Spring 2001).

Association of the Bar of the City of New York, The Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights: a promise unfulfilled ‑ a report by the Committee on International Human Rights (1993).

Bol, Jennifer, “Using International Law to Fight Child Labor: A Case Study of Guatemala and the Inter-American System,” 13 American University International Law Review 1135 (1998).

—      “Using the Inter-American System to Pursue International Labour Rights: A Case Study of the Guatemalan Maquiladoras,” 55 University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review 351 (Spring 1997).

Bowen, E., “Strong message to censors [Inter-American Court of Human Rights rules against licensing of reporters],” 126 Time 74-5 (December 16 1985).

Buergenthal, Thomas, “The Advisory Practice of the Inter‑American Human Rights Court,” 79 American Journal of International Law1-27 (1985).

—      “American Convention on Human Rights,” in Bernhardt (ed.), Encyclopedia of Public International Law 8 (1985) 23‑7.

—      “Inter‑American Court of Human Rights,” in Bernhardt (ed.), Encyclopedia of Public International Law 8 (1985) 324‑6.

—      “The Inter‑American Court of Human Rights,” 76 American Journal of International Law 231­45(1982)

—      & Robert E. Norris (eds.). Human Rights: The Inter‑American System. Binders I, II, and 111. (Updated periodically) (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1982‑1983).

—      Robert E. Norris & Dinah Shelton, Protecting Human Rights in the Americas: Selected Problems, 3d ed. (A publication of the International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg). (Kehl: Engel, 1990).

Cerna, Christina M., “Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights,” 95 American Society of International Law Proceedings 75 (2001).

—      “International Law and the Protection of Human Rights in the Inter-American System,” 19 Houston Journal of International Law 731 (1997).

—      “La Cour interamericaine des Droits de Momme‑ses premieres affaires,” 29 Annuaire Francais de Droit International 300-12 (1983).

—      “La Cour interamericaine des Droits de Momme: Les affaires recentes,” 33 Annuaire Francais de Droit International 351‑69 (1987).

Cleveland, Sarach, Beth Lyon & Rebecca Smith, “Inter-American Court of Human Rights Amicus Curiae Brief: The United States Violates International Law When Labor Law Remedies Are Restricted Based on Workers’ Migrant Status,” 1 Seattle Journal of Social Justice 795 (Spring/Summer 2003).

Cohen‑Jonathan, Gerard,  “Cour interamericaine des droits de Momme: L’arret Velasquez,” 94 Revue Generale de Droit International Public 455-71 (1990).

Corbera, Michael Jose, “In the Wrong Place, at the Wrong Time: Problems with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Use of Contentious Jurisdiction,” 25 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnationall Law 919 (1992-1993).

Cosgrove, Michael F., “Protecting the Protectors: Preventing the Decline of the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights,” 32 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 39 (2000).

Davidson, Scott, The Inter‑American Court of Human Rights (Brookfield, VT: Dartmouth Publishing Company, 1992).

Delgado, Jorge Luis, “The Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 5 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 541 (Summer 1999).

Deodhar, Neal S., “First Contentious Cases before the International American Court of Human Rights,” 3 American University Journal of International Law and Policy 283-97 (1988).

Drucker, L., “Sweet justice: deciding for the disappeared [government judged guilty by Inter-American Court of Human Rights],” 115 Commonweal 455-6 (September 9 1988).

Dunshee de Abranchies, Carlos Alberto, “Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 30 American University Law Review 79 (1980-1981)

Dwyer, Amy S., “The Inter‑American Court of Human Rights: Towards Establishing an Effective Regional Contentious Jurisdiction,” 13 Boston College International and Comparative Law Review 127‑66 (1990).

Eldridge, J., “Honduran assassinations,” 158 America 228-9 (March 5 1988).

Espiell, Hector Gros, “Contentious Proceedings before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,”
1 Emory Journal of International Dispute Resolution 175 (1986-1987).

Ewing, Anthony P., “Establishing State Responsibility for Private Acts of Violence against Women under the American Convention on Human Rights,” 26 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 751 (Spring 1995).

Farer, Tom J., “Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights,” in Bernhardt (ed.), Encyclopedia of Public International Law 8 (1985) 321-4.

Frost, L.E., “The evolution of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: reflections of present and former judges,” 14 Human Rights Quarterly 171-205 (May 1992).

Garcia Bauer, Carlos, Los Derechos humanos en America (Editorial Tipografica Nacional, 1987).

Gomez, Rojas A., La Corte Interamericana de Justicia (Bogotfi: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 1966).

Gros Espiell, Hector, “Contentious Proceedings before the Inter‑American Court of Human Rights,” I Emory Journal of International Dispute Resolution 175-218 (1987).

—      “La Convention americaine et la Convention europeenne des droits de I'homme. Analyse comparative,” 218 Recueil des Cours de l'Academie de Droit International de La Haye 167‑412 (1989‑VI).

—      “El procedimiento contencioso ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos,” 19 Boletin Mexicano deDerecho Comparado 511‑48 (1986).

—      “Le systeme interamericain comme regime regional de protection internationale des droits de l'homme,” 145 Recueil des Cours de l'Academie de Droit International de La Haye 1‑55 (1975‑11).

Grossman, Claudio, “Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua: A Landmark Case for the Inter-American System,” 8 Human Rights Brief  2 (Spring 2001).

—      “Freedom of Expression in the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights,” 25 Nova Law Review 411 (2000-2001).

Hagler, Megan & Francisco Rivera, “Bamaca Velasquez v. Guatemala: An Expansion of the Inter-American System’s Jurisprudence on Reparations,” 9 Human Rights Brief  2 (Spring 2002).

Harris, David J. & Stephen Livingstone (eds.), The Inter‑American System of Human Rights (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).

Hetzel, Kirsten M., “Reaching Regional Consensus: Examining Unites States Native American Property Rights in Light of Recent International Developments,” 10 Tulane Journal of International & Comparative Law307 (Spring 2002).

Hilling, Carol, “La protection des droits des peuples autochtones et de leurs members dans les Ameriques,” 41 McGill Law Journal 855 (August 1996).

IACHR, Annual Report of the Inter‑American Court of Human Rights (annual) (Washington, DC: OAS, 1981).

King-Hopkins, Kimberly D., “Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Is Its Bark Worse Than Its Bite in Resolving Human Rights Disputes?,” 35 Tulsa Law Journal 421 (Winter 2000).

Kokott, Juliane, Das interamerikanische System zum Schutz der Menschenrechte/The inter-American system for the protection of human rights (Berlin, New York: Springer, 1986).

—      “Der interamerikanische Gerichtshof fur Menschenrechte und seine bisherige Praxis,” 44 Zeitschrift fur auslandisches offentliches Recht und Volkerrect-Heidelberg Journal of International Law 806‑39 (1984).

Kossen, Selina, “Five Murdered Street Children in Guatemala: A Precedent Before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 6 Human Rights Brief 11 (1999).

Krsticevic, Viviana, “How Inter-American Human Rights Litigation Brings Free Speech to the Americas,” 4 Southwest Journal of Law & Trade in the Americas 209 (Fall 1997).

Lantrip, Julie, “Torture and Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment in the Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 5 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 551 (Summer 1999).

Leigh, Monroe, “Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Advisory Jurisdiction,” 77 American Journal of International Law 637 (July 1983).

Lillich, Richard B., International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy and Practice, 2nd edn (1991).

Macklem, P., et. al., “Indigenous rights in the inter-American system: the amicus brief of the Assembly of First Nations in Awas Tingni v. the Republic of Nicaragua,” 22(2) Human Rights Quarterly 569-602 (May 2000).

Medina, Cecilia, “Toward Effectivness in the Protection of Human Rights in the Americas,” 8 Transnational Law & Comparative Problems 337 (Fall 1998).

—      “The Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter­American Court of Human Rights: Reflections on a joint Venture”, 12 Human Rights Quarterly 439-64 (1990).

Mendez, Juan E. & Jose Miguel Vivanco, “Disappearances and the Inter‑American Court: Reflections on a Litigation Experience,” 13 Hamline Law Review 507‑77 (1980).

Mendez, Juan, et. al., “Accountability for past human rights violations: contributions of inter-American organs of protection,” 26(4) Social Justice 84-106 (Winter 1999).

Mohamed, Abdelsalam A., “Individual and NGO Participation in Human Rights Litigation before the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights: Lessons from the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights,” 8  Michigan State University—DCL Journal of International Law 377 (Summer 1999).

Moir, Lindsay, “Law and the Inter-American Human Rights System,” 25(1) Human Rights Quarterly 182-212 (February 2003).

Montalvo, Andres E., “Reservations to the American Convention on Human Rights: A New Approach,” 16 American University International Law Review 269 (2001).

Nikken, Pedro, La Proteccion internacional de los derechos humanos.  Su desarrollo progresivo (Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Editorial Civitas, 1987).

Note, “Complaint of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Case of the Awas Tingni Mayagna (Sumo) Indigenous Community against the Republic of Nicaragua,” 19 Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law17 (Spring 2002).

Note, “Inter-American Commission of Human Rights: Individual Case Resolutions,” 10 American University Journal of International Law & Policy 27 (Fall 1994).

Note, “Joint Separate Opinion of Judges A.A. Cancado Trindade, M. Pacheco Gomez and A. Abreu Burelli,” 19 Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law 443 (Spring 2002).

Norris, Robert E., “Bringing Human Rights Petitions Before the Inter‑American Commission”, 20 Santa Clara Law Review 733 (1980).

OAS General Secretariat, Handbook of Existing Rules Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter‑American System (Washington, DC: OAS, 1985).

Padilla, David J., “Reparations in Aloeboetoe v. Suriname,” 17 Human Rights Quarterly 541-55 (August 1995).

—      “The Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights of the Organisation of American States: A Case Study,” 9 American University Journal of International Law and Policy 95 (1993).

Padilla, Miguel M, “El habeas corpus durante emergencias segun la opinion de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos,” 1 Revista Juddica de Buenos Aires 49‑67 (1990).

Parker, Mary Caroline, “Other Treaties: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights Defines Its Advisory Jurisdiction,” 33 American University Law Review 211 (1983-1984)

Pasqualucci, Jo M., The Practice and Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).

—      “Preliminary Objections before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Legitimate Issues and Illegitimate Tactics,” 40 Vancouver Journal of International Law 1 (1999-2000).

—      “Victim Reparations in the Inter-American Human Rights System: A Critical Assessment of Current Practice and Procedure,” 18 Michigan Journal of International Law1 (Fall 1996).

—      “The Inter-American Human Rights System: Establishing Precedents and Procedure in Human Rights Law,” 26 Miami Inter-American Law Review 297 (Winter 1995).

—      & Sonia Picado, “First woman judge on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 17 Human Rights Quarterly 794-806 (November 1995).

—      “The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Thruth: Thruth Commissions, Impunity and the Inter-American Human Rights System,” 12 Boston University International Law Journal321 (Fall 1994).

Pauw, Edward J. & Ari Chaim Shapiro, “Defamation, the Free Press, and Latin America: A Roadmap for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Emerging Democracies,” 30 University of Miami Inter-American Law Review 203 (Fall 1998).

Pena, B. “Human Rights: The Statute of the Inter‑American Court of Human Rights,” 21 Harvard International Law Journal 735‑42 (1980).

Re, Edward, “Program V: International Judicial Tribunals and the Court of the Americas: A Comment with Emphasis on Human Rights Law,” 40 St. Louis Law Journal 1091 (Summer 1996).

Reisman, Michael W., “Practical Matters for Consideration in the Establishment of a Regional Human Rights Mechanism: Lessons from the Inter-American Experience,” 1995 St. Louis-Warsaw Transatlantic Law Journal 89 (1995).

Rodriguez Pinzon, Diego, “The “Victim” Requirement, the Fourth Instance Formula and the Notion of “Person” in the Individual Complaint Procedure of the Inter-American Human Rights System,” 7 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 369 (Spring 2001).

Rodriguez Rescia, Victor, et. al., “The development of the inter-American human rights system: a historical perspective and a modern-day critique,” 16 New York Law School Journal of Human Rights 593-633 (Spring 2000).

—      “Reparations in the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights,” 5 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 583 (Summer 1999).

Ruebner, Ralph, “Finality of Judgment and Sentence Prerequisite in the United States-Peru Bilateral Prisoner Transfer Treaty: Calling Congress and the President to Reform and Justifying Jurisdiction of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and Court,” 15 American University Law Review 1071 (1999-2000).

Davidson, Scott, The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Aldershot, Hants, England: Dartmouth Pub. Co. Ltd., 1992).

Schreiber, Anna, The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Leiden: Sijthoff, 1970).

Scott, Inara K., “The Inter-American System of Human Rights: An Effective Means of Environmental Protection?,” 19 Vancouver Environmental Law Journal 197 (2000).

Schaaf, Deborah & Julie Fishel, “Mary and Carrie Dann v. United States at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Victory for Indian Land Rights and the Environment,” 16 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 175 (Winter 2002).

Shelton, Dinah, “Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 10 American University Journal of International Law & Policy 333 (1994-1995)

—      “Improving Human Rights Protections: Recommendations for Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Inter‑American Commission and Inter­American Court of Human Rights,” 3 American University Journal of International Law and Policy 323 (1988).

Sokol, K.C., “Human rights--law of treaties--jurisdiction of Inter-American Court of Human Rights--effect of attempted withdrawal of jurisdiction,” 95(1) American Journal of International Law  178-85 (January 2001).

Solano Monge, Ma. Auxiliadora, “The Expert Testimony before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 5 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 567 (Summer 1999).

Taqi, Irum, “Adjudicating Disappearance Cases in Turkey: An Argument for Adopting the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Approach,” 24 Fordham International Law Journal  940 (2000-2001).

Trindade, Antonio Augusto Cancado, “Current State and Perspectives of the Inter-American System of Human Rights Protection at the Dawn of the New Century,” 8 Tulane Journal of International & Comparative Law 5 (2000).

—      “Thoughts on Recent Developments in the Case-Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Selected Aspects”, 92 American Society International Law Proceedings 192 (1998).

—      “The Consolidation of the Procedural Capacity of Individuals in the Evolution of the International Protection of Human Rights: Present State and Perspectives at the Turn of the Century,” 30 Colmbia Human Rights Law Review 1 (Fall 1998).

Ubeda de Torres, Amaya, “Freedom of Expression under the European Convention on Human Rights: A Comparison with the Inter-American System of Protection of Human Rights,” 10 Human Rights Brief 6 (Winter 2003).

Vargas, Manuel D., “Individual Access to the Inter‑American Court of Human Rights,” 16 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 601 (1984).

Ventura Robles, Manuel E., “The Discontinuance and Acceptance of Claims in the Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 5 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law603 (Summer 1999).

—      & D. Zovatto, La Funcion Consultiva de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos: Naturaleza y Principios 1982‑1987 (San Jose & Madrid: Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos/Editorial Civitas, 1989).

Walker, William M., “A Litigator’s Look at the Inter‑Arnerican Commission on Human Rights,” 2 ACLU International Civil Liberties Report 38 (1993).

Wash, J. Lauchlan et al, “Conference Report, The Inter‑American Human Rights System: Into the 1990s and Beyond,” 3 American University Journal of International Law and Policy 517 (1988).

Wilson, Richard J., “The United States’ Position on the Death Penalty in the Inter-American Human Rights System,” 42 Santa Clara Law Review 1159 (2002).

—      & Jan Perlin, “The Inter-American Human Rights System: Activities from Late 2000 Through October 2002,” 18 American University International Law Review 651 (2003).

—      “Researching the Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: A Litigator’s Perspective,” 10 American University Journal of International Law & Policy 1 (Fall 1994).

Zarifis, Ismene, “Guatemala: Children’s Rights Case Wins Judgment at Inter-American Court of Human Rights,” 9 Human Rights Brief 20 (Fall 2001).