TY - BOOK AU - Harris,D.J. AU - Livingstone,Stephen TI - The inter-American system of human rights SN - 0198265522 (hb : alk. paper) AV - KDZ 574 .I576 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press KW - Human rights KW - America KW - Local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Regional protection of human rights : the inter-American achievement; David Harris --; Rise of the inter-American human rights regime : no longer a unicorn, not yet an ox; Tom Farer --; Inter-American commission on human rights : its organization and examination of petitions and communications; Christina Cerna --; Role of country reports in the inter-American system of human rights; Cecilia Medina --; Operation of the inter-American court of human rights; Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade -- separation in the inter-American system; Dinah Shelton --; Interaction between the political actors of the OAS, the commission and the court; Verónica Gómez --; Civil and political rights protected in the inter-American human rights system; Scott Davidson --; Protection of economic, social and cultural rights under the inter-American system of human rights; Matthew Craven --; Protection of indigenous rights in the inter-American system for the protection of human rights; Ellen Lutz --; States of emergency in the inter-American human rights system; Joan Fitzpatrick --; Inter-American human rights system at the dawn of at the new century : recommendations for improvement of its mechanism of protection; Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade --; Procedural shortcomings in the defense of human rights : an inequality of arms; José Miguel Vivanco and Lisa L. Bhansali ER -