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International Dimension of Human Rights
This is a publication resulting from a joint effort between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law. The casebook is designed to help members of national judiciaries improve their understanding, analysis and application of international human rights standards. These standards contribute an essential catalogue of the fundamental rights and freedoms that are found in the core principles of all modern democracies. There is no doubt that the effective application of human rights law provides a more favorable environment for poverty reduction, economic growth and legal security. It includes extracts of judgments, reports and opinions of international supervisory organs and domestic judicial tribunals, as well as the work of scholars in this subject.
The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-Treatment in the Inter-American Human Rights System
This handbook provides a guide to the practice, procedures and case law of the Inter-American System regarding the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. The goal of this publication is to contribute to the understanding of these issues by human advocates and to address their need to develop effective strategies for international and domestic litigation, as well as advocacy plans to end torture and other ill-treatment in countries where this practice is endemic or tolerated.
American University International Law Review: Proceedings of the Human Rights Award
Each year, the best submissions in English and Spanish for the Human Rights Award of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law are published in the American University International Law Review. This annual issue includes essays and articles discussing contemporary issues of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. The goal of the publication is to provide an academic venue for scholarly writings of human rights experts, activists and students. By publishing their work, we seek to contribute quality legal writings on particular topics of relevance to the development of this dynamic area of the law. In addition, the publication reflects the diversity of cultures and languages that characterize our interconnected world. By publishing articles in both English and Spanish, we enhance and broaden the voices that shape international human rights and humanitarian law in the future. Articles for the book are received based on invitation or commission.
In order to advance the development of international protection of the elderly, it is necessary to determine the current international status of elderly rights. For this purpose, the Academy has complied and analyzed the current international treaties that establish protections for the elderly. We have also searched, compiled and analyzed the case law of several international supervisory bodies relating to this issue, which resulted in a paper inclusive of the findings of the study and specific recommendations for action upon these findings. The paper was done as a scholarly article on the status of international law on elderly rights. Specifically, it reviewed the case law international supervisory bodies such as: the Human Rights Committee of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the European Court on Human Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission and Court on Human Rights under the American Convention on Human Rights, among others. Based on the findings of this research, we have proposed possible actions required to develop or strengthen the international machinery that could adequately protect the rights of the elderly. Issues such as discrimination in employment, disabilities, guardianship, vulnerable victim sentencing, social security and elderly health care are to be taken into account when studying and defining strategies to better address the problems of the elderly.
Upcoming Publications
Advocating for Human Rights: 10 Years of the Inter-American Moot Court Competition
This book documents the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition by compiling the materials produced during its first decade. As mentioned above, to address the need to train law students on an alternative model of advocacy, the Competition has provided hundreds of students from across the hemisphere with the skills to contribute to strengthening international human rights law, and to work as qualified human rights advocates in their home countries and abroad. This book discusses the structure of the Competition, and encourages its readers to implement any of a variety of similar programs or other training efforts including, among others: establishing a moot court competition; conducting an inter-school or national moot court competition; utilizing role playing methodology in academic coursework; implementing short- or medium-term training workshops with simulated exercises; and so forth. This publication also offers educators a wealth of information and recent case law to teach students and practitioners alike how to use the law to redress human rights violations. To that end, the full text of the hypothetical cases, bench memoranda, and winning memorials from the first decade of this Competition are included in this volume which demonstrates that moot court competitions have revolutionized human rights legal education in the Americas, Africa, and Europe.