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Inter-American Human Rights System and the United States: from a foreign affairs’ tool to domestic mechanism of change

Authors

  • Isabela Gerbelli Garbin Ramanzini
  • João Marcos Poyer Melo

Keywords:

Trump Administration, Civil Society, Inter-American Human Rights System

Abstract

Over the last 60 years, the relation between the Inter-American Human Rights System and the United States has gone through ebbs and flows. During the last administration, Trump never let a word out about the Inter-American Human Rights System. Despite that, the Inter-American Human Rights System has been coming after thorny domestic issues in the United States. This article exams how the Inter-American Human Rights System found ground to promptly confront one of the most powerful countries following human rights violations. It also explores how, in reaction to that, there has been a growing interest among citizens, academics and civil society at large in rediscovering the Inter-American Human Rights System as an efficient tool to instill human rights change from within the United States.

Author Biographies

Isabela Gerbelli Garbin Ramanzini

PhD in International Relations (IRI-USP), Fellow of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). Uberlândia, MG, Brazil. Email: <isabelagarbin@hotmail.com>

João Marcos Poyer Melo

Master in International Relations, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), who acknowledges the grant given by the National Institute of Science and Technology for Studies on the United States (INCT-INEU) to fund part of the research presented in this article. Email: <poyerjoao@gmail.com>

Published

2023-12-05

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Issue

Vol. 2 (2022): International Human Rights Protection and Political Theory

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Articles

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