inter-American system Archives

The IACHR held a hearing on marriage equality after a year of delays from the region in implementing the Court’s 2017 decision

In 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights determined that marriage equality was a human right. In the face of resistance in the region, in a recent IACHR hearing on the matter, commissioners committed to enforce it.

Hunter T. Carter December 12, 2018

The new kids on the bloc: UNASUR and CELAC

The net effect of these new bodies has been to create parallel forums more favorable to the interests of autocrats. That may be OK for Venezuela and others, but why are Brazil and other countries going along? And where are the media?

Chris Sabatini & Amy Williams April 15, 2016