Volume 5 : 1
Translation Challenges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Cost-Effective Proposals for Improvement
American Convention on Human Rights Articles 46(1)(a) and 46(2)(c): Achilles Heel or Trojan Horse?
Measures of Reparation for Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations: Developments and Challenges in the Jurisprudence of Two Regional Human Rights Courts
The Institutionalization of People with Mental Disabilities: Comparative Analysis between Its Treatment under the Inter-American and European System of Human Rights
Interpreting the European Convention: What can the African Human Rights System Learn from the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights on the Interpretation of the European Convention?
Gobernar desde abajo: Del control de convencionalidad a la instrumentalización de la inversión estructural de la pirámide kelseniana
Advocacy for a U.S. Commission of Inquiry on Torture in the Context of the “War on Terror” Inspired by the Latin American Experience: Chile and El Salvador
El sistema africano: Pilar más incipiente de la trilogía de mecanismos regionales de salvaguardia de los derechos humanos
Implementation of Judgments: Should Supervision be Unlinked from the General Assembly of the Organization of American States?
Translation Challenges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Cost-Effective Proposals for Improvement
American Convention on Human Rights Articles 46(1)(a) and 46(2)(c): Achilles Heel or Trojan Horse?
Measures of Reparation for Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations: Developments and Challenges in the Jurisprudence of Two Regional Human Rights Courts
The Institutionalization of People with Mental Disabilities: Comparative Analysis between Its Treatment under the Inter-American and European System of Human Rights
Interpreting the European Convention: What can the African Human Rights System Learn from the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights on the Interpretation of the European Convention?
Gobernar desde abajo: Del control de convencionalidad a la instrumentalización de la inversión estructural de la pirámide kelseniana
Advocacy for a U.S. Commission of Inquiry on Torture in the Context of the “War on Terror” Inspired by the Latin American Experience: Chile and El Salvador
El sistema africano: Pilar más incipiente de la trilogía de mecanismos regionales de salvaguardia de los derechos humanos
Implementation of Judgments: Should Supervision be Unlinked from the General Assembly of the Organization of American States?
Year
2012
Volume
5
Number
1
Page
27
Language
English
Court
Reference
A. SINGH, “American Convention on Human Rights Articles 46(1)(a) and 46(2)(c): Achilles Heel or Trojan Horse?”, IAEHR 2012, nr. 1, 27-48
Recapitulation
American Convention on Human Rights (henceforth the Convention) Articles 46(1) and 46(2) seek comprise yet appear to create ambiguity. In fact, Article 46(1) requires a complainant to exhaust domestic remedies and file their petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (henceforth IACommHR or Commission) within six months of a final domestic judgment. Conversely, Article 46(2) provides three exceptions to 46(1) when the exhaustion of domestic remedies is not viable. A superficial comparison of these provisions may find them unworkable, arbitrary, and creating legal uncertainty in practice. However, recent implementation of these provisions within the Inter-American system is remarkably consistent.
This paper shall (I) describe Articles 46(1) and 46(2); (II) highlight the implementation of these provisions within Inter-American jurisprudence through both a quantitative and qualitative analysis; and finally (III) attempt to identify best practices. This paper seeks to establish that, while many States attempt to utilize the exhaustion of domestic remedies as an Achilles Heel to the Inter-American human rights regime, recent jurisprudence within the system illustrates that this potentially fatal fl aw is mitigated through the exemption found within Article 46(2).
This paper shall (I) describe Articles 46(1) and 46(2); (II) highlight the implementation of these provisions within Inter-American jurisprudence through both a quantitative and qualitative analysis; and finally (III) attempt to identify best practices. This paper seeks to establish that, while many States attempt to utilize the exhaustion of domestic remedies as an Achilles Heel to the Inter-American human rights regime, recent jurisprudence within the system illustrates that this potentially fatal fl aw is mitigated through the exemption found within Article 46(2).
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