Salas and Others v. United States of America

Abstract

Human rights — Scope of human rights treaties — Protection in time of armed conflict — Relationship between human rights law and international humanitarian law — Civilians injured by adverse party during armed conflict — Whether human rights instrument incorporating standards of international humanitarian law — Right to life — Right to respect for person and property

International tribunals — Inter-American Commission on Human Rights — Jurisdiction — State not party to American Convention on Human Rights, 1969 — Statute of the Commission nevertheless conferring mandate to enforce American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 1948 — Relevance of other treaties and rules of law — Domestic remedies rule

War and armed conflict — Law applicable to armed conflict — Human rights law — Relationship with international humanitarian law — International armed conflict — Panama, 1989 — Geneva Convention No IV, 1949