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    American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José)
    American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José)
    American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José)
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    American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José)

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    The American Convention on Human Rights, also known as the Pact of San José, is an international human rights instrument. You will learn many significant facts about this Costa Rican document pact by countries throughout the Western Hemisphere.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateApr 11, 2021
    ISBN4064066451851
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      American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José) - Organization of American States

      Organization of American States

      American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José)

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066451851

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER I - GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

      CHAPTER II - CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

      CHAPTER III - ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

      CHAPTER IV - SUSPENSION OF GUARANTEES, INTERPRETATION, AND APPLICATION

      CHAPTER V - PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

      PART II - MEANS OF PROTECTION

      CHAPTER VI - COMPETENT ORGANS

      CHAPTER VII - INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

      Section 1. Organization

      Section 2. Functions

      Section 3. Competence

      Section 4. Procedure

      CHAPTER VIII - INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

      Section 1. Organization

      Section 2. Jurisdiction and Functions

      Section 3. Procedure

      CHAPTER IX - COMMON PROVISIONS

      PART III - GENERAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

      CHAPTER X - SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION, RESERVATIONS, AMENDMENTS, PROTOCOLS, AND DENUNCIATION

      CHAPTER XI - TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

      Section 1. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

      Section 2. Inter-American Court of Human Rights

      CHAPTER I - GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

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      Article 1. Obligation to Respect Rights

      The States Parties to this Convention undertake to respect the rights and freedoms recognized herein and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms, without any discrimination for reasons of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, economic status, birth, or any other social condition.

      For the purposes of this Convention, person means every human being.

      Article 2. Domestic Legal Effects

      Where the exercise of any of the rights or freedoms referred to in Article 1 is not already ensured by legislative or other provisions, the States Parties undertake to adopt, in accordance with their constitutional processes and the provisions of this Convention, such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to those rights or freedoms.

      CHAPTER II - CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

      Table of Contents

      Article 3. Right to Juridical Personality

      Every person has the right to recognition as a person before the law.

      Article 4. Right to Life

      Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law and, in general, from the moment of conception. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.

      In countries that have not abolished the death penalty, it may be imposed only for the most serious crimes and pursuant to a final judgment rendered by a competent court and in accordance

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