The role of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights as interpreter of the American Convention on Human Rights

Abstract

The role of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights as interpreter of the American Convention is not an obvious matter, on the contrary, the Inter-American Court, in exercising of its jurisdictional and advisory powers, has a direct and effective impact on the domestic law from the States Parties; The purpose of this study is to demonstrate such effectiveness through the analysis of certain cases taken under the jurisdiction of the Court, where is possible to identify such impact, but not before defining some concepts of the Inter-American human rights system.