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The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights: Emerging Patterns In Judgment Compliance, Shelom Velasco
The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights: Emerging Patterns In Judgment Compliance, Shelom Velasco
Maurer Theses and Dissertations
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (ICHR) is one of the central institutions promoting adherence to fundamental human right norms in the Americas, yet States fully comply with only 5% of its judgments. This low rate of compliance threatens the Court’s effectiveness and undermines the legitimacy of this regional human rights system. This dissertation analyzes the problem of noncompliance with ICHR judgments. Furthermore, it connects the problem of noncompliance and existing explanations in the ICHR with broader theories from the study of international relations in order to ground this regional case study in the larger debates about international legal norms …