Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2017
1 International Human Rights Law and Practice: Cases, Treaties and Materials 1170-71 (Francisco Martin et al. eds., 1997).
2 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Dec. 16, 1966, 999 UNTS 171 (entered into force Mar. 23, 1976).
3 American Convention on Human Rights, Nov. 22, 1969, 9 ILM 673 (entered into force July 18, 1978).
4 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Nov. 4, 1950, 213 UNTS 222 (entered into force Sept. 3, 1953).
5 African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, June 26, 1981, 21 ILM 59 (entered into force Oct. 21, 1986).
6 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Dec. 18, 1979, 1249 UNTS 14 (entered into force Sept. 3, 1981).
7 Convention on the Rights of the Child, Nov. 20, 1989, 28 ILM 1448 (1989) (entered into force Sept. 2, 1990).
8 Velasquez-Rodriguez Case, Inter-Am. C.H.R., ser. C, No. 4, July 29, 1988.