The Shared Goals but Distinct Roles of Criminal and Human Rights Courts
In: Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting, Band 111, S. 108-111
ISSN: 2169-1118
Most Latin American states have submitted to the jurisdiction of both the International Criminal Court and the Inter-American human rights system, including the Inter-American Court and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. This allows us to observe and compare the different ways in which a well-institutionalized regional human rights system and an international criminal system work—through different treaties, different interlocutors, and different working methods—toward the same goals. In particular, Colombia and Mexico, both states that are experiencing high levels of violence, allow us to observe the two systems in play at once.