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• Table of Cases Table of Legislation List of Abbreviations Title Preamble Part I. State Obligations and Rights Protected
• 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
• Chapter VIII - Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• Chapter IX - Common Provisions Part III - General and Transitory Provisions
• Chapter X - Signature, Ratification, Reservations, Amendments, Protocols, and Denunciation
• Chapter XI - Transitory Provisions.
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The American Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary is the first comprehensive and systematic article-by-article commentary of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) in English. This book offers an exhaustive and critical analysis of each of the 82 articles of the Convention, covering the substantive elements of the rights and freedoms protected, as well as institutional and procedural aspects. Each chapter contains an introduction and a comparative perspective of the provision commented on; a review of the drafting history of the provision; and a critical commentary on the interpretation of the provision in light of the rich case-law of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
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• The court and its circumstances
• The principle of equality and non-discrimination
• Disappearancespp
• Right to life
• Right to humane treatment
• Right to personal liberty
• Right to due process
• The principles of legality and of the most favorable law
• Right to judicial protection

"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 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" -- Provided by publisher

• INTRODUCTION,
• CHAPTER 1: A GENERAL FRAMEWORK ON THE DISCOURSE ON THE LEGITIMACY OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES,
• CHAPTER 2: IDEOLOGY AND SELF-VALIDATION: CRITICAL LEGAL THEORY,
• CHAPTER 3: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS PRACTICE AS A SUPRACONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL,
• CHAPTER 4: TWO COMPETING LEGAL STREAMS ON THE LEGITIMACY OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
• CHAPTER 5: STATE-CENTRIC VS. CONSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSES?: CONFLUENCE RATHER THAN OPPOSITION,
• CHAPTER 6: IDEOLOGY AND THE IMAGE OF THE IACTHR AS DEMOCRACY-BUILDER, CONCLUSION.
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This book provides a critical legal perspective on the legitimacy of international courts and tribunals. The volume offers a critique of ideology of two legal approaches to the legitimacy of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) that portray it as a supranational tribunal whose last say on human rights protection has a transformative effect on the democracies of Latin America. The book shows how the discussion between these Latin American legal strands mirrors global trends in the study of the legitimacy of international courts related to the use of constitutional analogies and concepts such as the notion of judicial dialogue and the idea of democratic transformation. It also provides an in-depth analysis of how, through the use of those categories, legal experts studying the legitimacy of the IACtHR enact self-validation processes by making themselves the principal agents of transformation. These self-validation processes work as ideological apparatuses that reproduce and entrench the mindset that the legal discipline is a driving force of change in itself. Further, the book shows how profiling the Court as an agent of transformation diverts attention from the ways in which it has pursued a particular view of human rights and democracy in the region that creates and reproduces relations of inequality and domination. Rather than discarding the IACtHR, this book aims to de-centre the focus away from formal legal institutions, engaging with the idea that ordinary people can mobilise and define the content of law to transform their lives and territories. The book will be a valuable resource for scholars working in the areas of human rights law, law, public international law, legal theory, constitutional law, political science and legal philosophy.
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• List of Tables
• Foreword: The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Common Law's Diverging Paths
• 3. The Transformation of Privilege
• 4. Truth, Privacy and Authority
• 5. The Individual Conscience and Blasphemous and Obscene Expression
• 6. Private Defamation Suits: Courts in Everyday Life
• 7. Conclusion.
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Truth and Privilege is a comparative study that brings together legal, constitutional and social history to explore the common law's diverging paths in two kindred places committed to freedom of expression but separated by the American Revolution. Comparing Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, Lyndsay Campbell examines the development of libel law, the defences of truth and privilege, and the place of courts as fora for disputes. She contrasts courts' centrality in struggles over expression and the interpretation of individual rights in Massachusetts with concerns about defining protective boundaries for the press and individuals through institutional design in Nova Scotia. Campbell's rich analysis acts as a lens through which to understand the role of law in shaping societal change in the nineteenth century, shedding light on the essential question we still grapple with today: what should law's role be in regulating expression we perceive as harmful?
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• List of Tables
• Foreword: The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Common Law's Diverging Paths
• 3. The Transformation of Privilege
• 4. Truth, Privacy and Authority
• 5. The Individual Conscience and Blasphemous and Obscene Expression
• 6. Private Defamation Suits: Courts in Everyday Life
• 7. Conclusion.
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Truth and Privilege is a comparative study that brings together legal, constitutional and social history to explore the common law's diverging paths in two kindred places committed to freedom of expression but separated by the American Revolution. Comparing Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, Lyndsay Campbell examines the development of libel law, the defences of truth and privilege, and the place of courts as fora for disputes. She contrasts courts' centrality in struggles over expression and the interpretation of individual rights in Massachusetts with concerns about defining protective boundaries for the press and individuals through institutional design in Nova Scotia. Campbell's rich analysis acts as a lens through which to understand the role of law in shaping societal change in the nineteenth century, shedding light on the essential question we still grapple with today: what should law's role be in regulating expression we perceive as harmful?
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• Introduction
• New forms of religious terrorism : physical violence against African diaspora religions
• The gorilla in the room : the right to practice animal sacrifice amidst growing animal rights activism
• "The dark side of Santeria" : Palo Mayombe and the grave-robbing cases
• The best interests of the child? : custody of minors and African diaspora religions
• Headscarves, dreadlocks, and other "disruptions" : African diaspora religions and the right to education
• Neither litigant, nor lawyer, nor law enforcement : religious barriers to the justice system
• Continued prescription : the rights of Western versus African "witches"
• "Fragmentary," "dangerous," and "unethical" belief systems : African diaspora faiths and the "accoutrements" of religion
• Myths of African diaspora religions : rumors and religious freedom
• Conclusion: The future of religious racism

"Examines the global legal challenges faced by adherents of the most widely practiced religions of the African diaspora in the twenty-first century, including Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomble, Palo Mayombe, Umbanda, Islam, Rastafari, Obeah, and Voodoo"-- Provided by publisher

• Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Palo Mayombe, and Umbanda
• New forms of religious terrorism : physical violence against African diaspora religions
• The gorilla in the room : the right to practice animal sacrifice amidst growing animal rights activism
• "The dark side of Santeria" : Palo Mayombe and the grave-robbing cases
• The best interests of the child? : custody of minors and African diaspora religions
• Islam, Rastafari, and religious symbols in the African diaspora
• Headscarves, dreadlocks, and other "disruptions" : African diaspora religions and the right to education
• Neither litigant, nor lawyer, nor law enforcement : religious barriers to the justice system
• The boundaries of religion : Obeah and Voodoo
• Continued prescription : the rights of Western versus African "witches"
• "Fragmentary," "dangerous," and "unethical" belief systems : African diaspora faiths and the "accoutrements" of religion
• Myths of African diaspora religions : rumors and religious freedom
• Conclusion : the future of religious racism

Banning Black Gods is a global examination of the legal challenges faced by adherents of the most widely practiced African-derived religions in the twenty-first century, including Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomble, Palo Mayombe, Umbanda, Islam, Rastafari, Obeah, and Voodoo. Examining court cases, laws, human rights reports, and related materials, Danielle N. Boaz argues that restrictions on African diaspora religious freedom constitute a unique and pervasive form of anti-Black discrimination. Emphasizing that these twenty-first-century cases and controversies are not a new phenomenon but rather a reemergence of colonial-era ideologies and patterns of racially motivated persecution, Boaz focuses each chapter on a particular challenge to Black religious freedom. She examines issues such as violence against devotees, restrictions on the ritual slaughter of animals, limitations on the custodial rights of parents, and judicial refusals to recognize these faiths as protected religions. Boaz introduces new issues that have never been considered as a question of religious freedom before-such as the right of Palo Mayombe devotees to possess remains of the dead-and she brings together controversies that have not been previously regarded as analogous, such as the right to wear headscarves and the right to wear dreadlocks in schools. Framing these issues in comparative perspective and focusing on transnational and transregional issues, Boaz advances our understanding of the larger human rights disputes that country-specific studies can overlook. Original and compelling, this important new book will be welcomed by students and scholars of African diaspora religions and discerning readers interested in learning more about the history of racial discrimination.
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• Introduction
• New forms of religious terrorism : physical violence against African diaspora religions
• The gorilla in the room : the right to practice animal sacrifice amidst growing animal rights activism
• "The dark side of Santeria" : Palo Mayombe and the grave-robbing cases
• The best interests of the child? : custody of minors and African diaspora religions
• Headscarves, dreadlocks, and other "disruptions" : African diaspora religions and the right to education
• Neither litigant, nor lawyer, nor law enforcement : religious barriers to the justice system
• Continued prescription : the rights of Western versus African "witches"
• "Fragmentary," "dangerous," and "unethical" belief systems : African diaspora faiths and the "accoutrements" of religion
• Myths of African diaspora religions : rumors and religious freedom
• Conclusion: The future of religious racism

Banning Black Gods is a global examination of the legal challenges faced by adherents of the most widely practiced African-derived religions in the twenty-first century, including Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomble, Palo Mayombe, Umbanda, Islam, Rastafari, Obeah, and Voodoo. Examining court cases, laws, human rights reports, and related materials, Danielle N. Boaz argues that restrictions on African diaspora religious freedom constitute a unique and pervasive form of anti-Black discrimination. Emphasizing that these twenty-first-century cases and controversies are not a new phenomenon but rather a reemergence of colonial-era ideologies and patterns of racially motivated persecution, Boaz focuses each chapter on a particular challenge to Black religious freedom. She examines issues such as violence against devotees, restrictions on the ritual slaughter of animals, limitations on the custodial rights of parents, and judicial refusals to recognize these faiths as protected religions. Boaz introduces new issues that have never been considered as a question of religious freedom before-such as the right of Palo Mayombe devotees to possess remains of the dead-and she brings together controversies that have not been previously regarded as analogous, such as the right to wear headscarves and the right to wear dreadlocks in schools. Framing these issues in comparative perspective and focusing on transnational and transregional issues, Boaz advances our understanding of the larger human rights disputes that country-specific studies can overlook. Original and compelling, this important new book will be welcomed by students and scholars of African diaspora religions and discerning readers interested in learning more about the history of racial discrimination.
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• Contents:
• 1. Introduction to the construction of the customary law of peace
• 2. The evolution of the Inter-American law of peace: treaties and custom
• 3. Constitutional approaches to peace within Latin America
• 4. Towards constitutional positive peace
• 5. The contribution of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to positive peace - perspectives from the judges
• 6. The responsive court and promotion of positive peace - upholding equality and non-discrimination - justiciability and compliance challenges
• 7. Towards a sustainable gendered peace: the battle for hearts and minds within the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• 8. Conclusion: reflections on the construction of a pro homine customary peace Index.
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This thought-provoking book explores the emerging construction of a customary law of peace in Latin America and the developing jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It traces the evolution of peace as both an end and a means: from a negative form, i.e. the absence of violence, to a positive form that encompasses equality, non-discrimination and social justice, including gendered perspectives on peace. Cecilia M. Bailliet offers an overview of the normative and institutional development of peace in Latin America, before examining the heterogeneous iterations of peace within Latin American constitutions and the pluralistic views of current and former judges in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The book argues that these national variants should be in accordance with the American Convention on Human Rights and related instruments as a minimum framework, and should be interpreted in pursuit of the pro homine principle, in which the most favourable law is applied to benefit individuals regardless of its origin or status. It also presents an overview of the historic protest marches of 2019 and the phenomenon of oppressive peace tactics by the State. This book will be critical reading for scholars and students of peace studies, human rights, Latin American studies, gender studies, constitutional and international public law, and legal history. It will also be of interest for policy makers and peace practitioners both in Latin America and beyond.
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• Introduction
• General background of the inter-American system
• First wave : individual indigenous persons as holders of land rights, 2001- 2006
• Second wave : transition toward indigenous peoples as holders of Land Rights, 2007- 2011
• Third wave : indigenous peoples as holders of land rights, 2012-2019
• Conclusion
• Summaries

Rights to their traditional lands and resources are essential to the survival of indigenous peoples. They have been formulated and advanced in the most progressive way by the Inter-American system of human rights protection. In this book, Mariana Monteiro de Matos analyzes, in detailed and comprehensive inquiry, the pertinent jurisprudence of the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights. She identifies three distinct waves of decision regarding the objects of ownership or possession, the rights associated, and the holders of the rights. Originally, the book also offers a profound analysis of corollary procedural law.
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• Introduction
• Groundwater along the U.S.-Mexico border
• Challenges and issues in the management of groundwater : the case of the U.S.-Mexico border region
• The international legal regime of international groundwater and aquifers
• History and current international water legal framework of the United States-Mexico border
• Domestic legal and institutional framework at the U.S.-Mexico border
• The U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, 2006 : cooperation between U.S. and Mexico, achievements and efforts in the Mesilla aquifer basin
• Water transfer mechanisms and regulations : the role of water banking
• A new international legal and institutional framework to allocate groundwater in the U.S.-Mexico border region
• Conclusion and recommendations

In International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region, Maria E. Milanes provides a study and analysis of the international groundwater law. The regulation and groundwater management along the US-Mexico border reflect the current international trends for management of transboundary groundwater. International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region offers a new international legal and institutional framework to manage fossil aquifers and groundwater in conjunctive use with surface water, where specific guidelines and recommendations for water banking can improve water allocation and protect the environment. This framework can be adapted to any region of around the world. The US-Mexico border is the case study selected to apply and demonstrate the efficacy of this legal and institutional framework.
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• Contents: Preface
• 1. Overview of "NAFTA 2.0"
• 2. Tariffs, Customs and Rules of Origin
• 3. Settlement of Disputes
• 4. Labor Rights and Environmental Protection
• 5. Energy Production and Policies
• 6. Textiles, Apparel and Agriculture
• 7. Intellectual property, Services and Digital Trade
• 8. Updating NAFTA Drawing on the TPP
• 9. Carryover Provisions from NAFTA
• 10. Other Significant USMCA Innovations
• 11. USMCA's Future in Context Bibliography Index.
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The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a modified and modernized version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), will continue to govern most economic relationships in North America, including the more than $1.3 trillion in annual regional trade in goods and services, for the foreseeable future. USMCA preserves the bulk of the NAFTA structures that permit North American manufacturers to compete effectively with their European and Asian counterparts in North American and foreign markets. Once in effect, USMCA should largely resolve the chilling effect on investment and new hiring generated by three years of uncertainty over NAFTA's future. This book provides a detailed analysis and critique of the provisions of the USMCA and the USMCA's relation to NAFTA. It is designed to assist lawyers and non-lawyers alike, including law, economics and public policy scholars, business professionals and governmental officials who require an understanding of one of the worlds' most economically and politically significant regional trade agreements.
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• Overview of "NAFTA 2.0"
• Tariffs, customs and rules of origin
• Settlement of disputes
• Labor rights and environmental protection
• Energy production and policies
• Textiles, apparel and agriculture
• Intellectual property, services and digital trade
• Updating NAFTA drawing on the TPP
• Carryover provisions from NAFTA
• Other significant USMCA innovations
• USMCA's future in context

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a modified and modernized version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), will continue to govern most economic relationships in North America, including the more than $1.3 trillion in annual regional trade in goods and services, for the foreseeable future. USMCA preserves the bulk of the NAFTA structures that permit North American manufacturers to compete effectively with their European and Asian counterparts in North American and foreign markets. Once in effect, USMCA should largely resolve the chilling effect on investment and new hiring generated by three years of uncertainty over NAFTA's future. This book provides a detailed analysis and critique of the provisions of the USMCA and the USMCA's relation to NAFTA. It is designed to assist lawyers and non-lawyers alike, including law, economics and public policy scholars, business professionals and governmental officials who require an understanding of one of the worlds' most economically and politically significant regional trade agreements.
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• Responsabilidad internacional del estado por hechos internacionalmente ilícitos, obligaciones internacionales emanadas del sistema interamericano de derechos humanos y procesos de justicia transicional : entre el cumplimiento y la colisión / Tania Bonilla Matiz, Walter Arévalo-Ramírez
• El deber de investigar en el sistema interamericano de protección de los derechos humanos : las tensiones entre los derechos de las víctimas y las garantías del debido proceso del acusado / Ingrid Rodríguez-Valenzuela
• Reflexiones sobre la justicia transicional en el sistema interamericano de derechos humanos / Luz Ángela Patiño Palacios
• Una aproximación al derecho a la verdad como un derecho autónomo en el sistema interamericano de derechos humanos / Gabriela Luna Ramírez, Natalia Pérez Amaya, Carlos Mauricio López-Cárdenas
• Los retos de la Corte IDH respecto a la adopción de los elementos de reparación de la desaparición forzada de personas por parte de los países / Juan Sebastián Quintero Mendoza
• La jurisdicción funcional : una aproximación a la aplicación extraterritorial de la Convención americana sobre derechos humanos / Juan Manuel Morales Caicedo
• Derecho de acceso a la información : desclasificación de archivos de graves violaciones de derechos humanos en el sistema interamericano de derechos humanos / Paula Viviana Fierro Barreto
• Parejas del mismo sexo y familia : protección contra la discriminación basada en la orientación sexual en el marco del derecho internacional de los derechos humanos / Rocío Liliana Quintero Martínez
• Empresas y derechos humanos en América Latina : algunas reflexiones críticas / Claudio Renato A. Sotelo Torres
• El sistema interamericano y el sistema europeo de derechos humanos : el contraste de su desarrollo evolutivo / Jesús Víctor Alfredo Contreras Ugarte
• La aplicación del criterio de la responsabilidad agravada por el Consejo de Estado / Gabriel Figueroa Bastidas