The Individual in Latin American Constitutional Law

• Autor: García Belaúnde, Domingo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1980
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5824
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/5824
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Rights of the person; legal concept of person; subjective public rights; social rights; Latin American constitutional law; American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man; Inter American Commission on Human Rights; political reality; Derechos de la persona; concepto jurídico de persona; derechos públicos subjetivos; derechos sociales; derecho constitucional latinoamericano; Declaración Americana de los Derechos del Hombre y del Ciudadano; Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos; realidad política

This article addresses the position of the individual in Latin American constitutional law, its historical evolution, and how it has been treated in doctrine and constitutional texts. In this context, it discusses the division of rights into public and private, and how this is reflected in current legislation, despite theoretical difficulties in distinguishing them. The author analyzes the incorporation of individual rights into the constitutional order, with examples from Latin American constitutions such as those of Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Cuba, which protect individual and social rights, although with variations in their effectiveness. The article also covers the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as regional mechanisms for the protection of human rights, recognizing that, in practice, factors such as poverty and totalitarian regimes limit the respect for these rights. Nevertheless, the author emphasizes the need for constitutionalists to work to ensure that the rights proclaimed in the constitutional texts become a reality in the political context of the region.