Inter-American Human Rights System
The global human rights protection governance system
Year | : | 2015 |
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Author/s | : | Renata Bregaglio, Carmela Chávez |
Area/s | : | Ethnicity, gender and citizenship |
Bregaglio, R. y Chávez I., C. (2015). Inter-American Human Rights System. En M. Mayrhofer (Ed.), The global human rights protection governance system (pp. 184-209) FRAME Deliverable 4.2.
The report builds on the D 4.1 ‘Report on the mapping study on relevant actors in human rights protection’ which outlined institutions and instruments for the protection of human rights at the national, European Union (EU), regional and international level. As the objective of WP 4 is to assess the institutions and instruments operating to protect human rights at the international, regional and national levels, the specific task of D4.2 ‘Report on the global governance protection system’ is to further this investigation by identifying gaps, tensions and contradictions in the regional and global human rights protection governance system. In order to tackle the quantity of institutions, instruments and levels involved, the report focuses in particular on the regional level. The first part of the report deals with the European level. The contributions shine spotlights on different aspects of the complex European human rights system, with a particular focus on the EU. The second part concentrates on regional human rights systems in Africa, the Americas and Asia and highlights gaps, contradictions and tensions of human rights institutions and instruments in these regions. The third part briefly summarises the most important conclusions.