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Challenges facing the Inter-American human rights system amid democratic backsliding

The Inter-American Human Rights System faces a paradox: its protection mechanisms are more urgent than ever, while the States that finance them show growing resistance to its decisions.

Rodrigo Escobar Gil

The Inter-American Human Rights System faces a paradox: its protection mechanisms are more urgent than ever, while the States that finance them show growing resistance to its decisions.

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Rodrigo Escobar Gil

PhD in Administrative Law (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Former Justice and President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia (2001–2009). Former Commissioner and Special Rapporteur of the IACHR–OAS (2010–2014). Founder of Rodrigo Escobar Gil Consultores.