Human rights: peru and the importance (utility) of the inter-american court of human rights

• Autor: Jiménez Mayor, Juan
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Internacional
• Repositorio: Revista Peruana de Derecho Internacional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.spdiojs.org:article/638
• Enlace del recurso: https://spdiojs.org/ojs/index.php/RPDI/article/view/638
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: human rights; Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Inter-American Human Rights System; court; ruling; derechos humanos; Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos; Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos; Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos; tribunal; fallo

This text outlines the origins and foundations of the inter-american human rights system, describing some central aspects of the work carried out by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It presents data on the intake, production, backlog, and delays in handling petitions and cases, and discusses the existing challenges. It provides statistical information and outcomes related to the iahrs’s relationship with Peru, a country with numerous ongoing cases, exploring possible reasons for this. Additionally, it addresses the paradox of a human rights protection and promotion structure created during periods of dictatorships and wars in the region, raising legitimate concerns about the existence of countries and sectors that question its legitimacy, to the point of proposing to denounce the American Convention on Human Rights. The author proposes a solution to this situation by recommending a more strategic approach in the selection of cases by the IACHR through leading cases in human rights, as well as greater and better dissemination of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' jurisprudence, demonstrating its utility through the range of standards it has produced over time. The aim is to encourage local jurisdictions, through the control of conventionality, to expand the jurisprudential criteria more broadly and frequently, allowing the iahrs to have a strategic vision that leads to impactful changes in the field of human rights.