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The first edition of The American Convention on Human Rights showed the hesitant steps of a court trying to find its way in a region plagued by egregious human rights violations, the absence of democracy and a significant disregard of international human rights norms. The second edition followed this up by introducing an analysis of the advancement in the reasoning of the Court regarding the violations that it had been dealing with since its inception.This, now co-authored, third edition contains an updated and in-depth analysis of the norms applied by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to deal with the most frequent human rights violations that still occur in Latin America regarding life, humane treatment, personal liberty, due process, access to justice, the principle of legality and judicial protection. The second edition contained a chapter on disappearances, as the Court at the time had significantly developed its reasoning on the matter; this third edition shows the latest evolution on the subject, which still plagues the region. In addition, a new chapter examines discrimination, an issue that has emerged as a frequent and important concern in the Court’s work.This edition also reflects the dynamic development of the Court’s work in recent years, which has evolved to a more refined jurisprudence covering more specific aspects of the rights examined and topics not previously addressed. These include, inter alia, the justiciability of social, economic, cultural and environmental rights; the recognition of collective rights holders and State responsibility for gender-based torture committed by private actors. These advances are the result of considerable progress in the democratization and embrace of human rights in the countries under the Court’s jurisdiction.

Human rights --- Inter-American Court of Human Rights --- Convention américaine relative aux droits de l'homme --- Droits de l'homme --- Cour interaméricaine des droits de l'homme. --- American Convention on Human Rights --- Civil rights --- Convention américaine relative aux droits de l'homme --- Cour interaméricaine des droits de l'homme.

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The American Convention on Human Rights was adopted in 1969, and has been ratified mostly by Latin American States, with 23 States Parties. This commentary provides an understanding of how the human rights protected by this treaty have been interpreted in the various cases examined by the protection bodies, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It also explains the workings of the protection system, including the individual complaints mechanism.

Human rights --- American Convention on Human Rights --- Pact of San José, Costa Rica --- Convención americana sobre derechos humanos --- Pacto de San José de Costa Rica --- Organization of American States --- Inter-American Court of Human Rights --- Civil rights --- Droits de l'homme --- Cour interaméricaine des droits de l'homme --- Inter-American Court of Human Rights. --- Nations Unies. --- United Nations. --- Jurisprudence. --- Convention américaine relative aux droits de l'homme --- Cour interaméricaine des droits de l'homme --- Convention américaine relative aux droits de l'homme