Justiciability of regressive measures of social rights. Some reflections about their judicial protection in Latin America

• Autor: Torres Zuñiga, Natalia
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/14425
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/14425
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Social rights; non regression principle; justiciability; weak courts; strong courts; proportionality test; Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Constitutional Courts; Derechos sociales; prohibición de regresividad; justiciabilidad; cortes fuertes; cortes débiles; test de proporcionalidad; Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos; Cortes Constitucionales

This  article  has  as  aim  to  reflect  about  the  protection  of economic, social and cultural rights before the regressive measures adopted by governments in Latin America, as well as of the different levels of jurisdictional tutelage that those receive. The document develops the concept of a regressive measure and the scope of the non-regression principle, furthermore, it shows the experience of the Constitutional Courts from Peru and Colombia and the organs of the Interamerican System of Human Rights regarding the protection of social rights.