JUDICIAL GUARANTEES, IMPEACHMENT AND POLITICAL JUDGMENTS: INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS DEMOCRACY PROTECTOR?

There is a close bond of interdependence between State, Constitution, Democracy and Human Rights. Based on this intrinsic relationship, international bodies, such as the Inter-American Human Rights System have built substantial standards of the democratic rule of law in the region. Within the material nucleus of democracy there are judicial guarantees -especially those contained in the due process clause- material and procedurally focused. On the basis of recent political experiences in the American continent (Honduras, Paraguay, Brazil and Peru), it is relevant to inquire the role of these international bodies in safeguarding the political guarantees of democratic exercise. The cases above mentioned have demonstrate that there may be a dangerous denaturation of the use of the figure of political judgment and impeachment -in an arbitrary way- to subvert, and even subtract, the popular will. These are the debates that this panel intends to raise.



Time:  WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 2018 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Chair(s):   Jorge Ernesto ROA ROA
Panel:  Panel 131