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Fulfillment and enforcement of the judgments of the Inter-American Human Rights Court: Some reflections from the reform process in the European Human Rights System

Authors

  • Oliver Román López Serrano Universidad de El Salvador

Abstract

The article values the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man and the American Convention on Human Rights as the political, legal and institutional basis on which the Inter-American Human Rights System rests, which has served as a guide to American law in evolution from greater interaction between the national and international levels. It points out the problem of the lack of compliance and total execution of the judgments of the Inter-American Court as one of the current challenges of the Inter-American System. To do so, it visualizes opportunities in the process of reform initiated at the European level, such as strengthening shared responsibility to overcome the problems of effectiveness in compliance with judgments, adopting a subsidiarity mechanism that allows States to have a certain amount of freedom in adopt measures of reparation that adjust to national realities, as well as strengthen the national capacity to execute sentences with the issuance of specific laws.

Keywords:

Inter-American Human Rights System, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, enforcement and execution of international sentences

Author Biography

Oliver Román López Serrano, Universidad de El Salvador

Oliver Román López Serrano es abogado salvadoreño, autorizado por la Corte
Suprema de Chile. Candidato a doctor en Derecho, Universidad de Chile. Maestro en
Derechos Humanos y Educación para la Paz, Universidad de El Salvador. Licenciado
en Ciencias Jurídicas, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, El Salvador.
Abogado de la Dirección de Derechos Humanos del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile.