Importance of prosecute cases of violation of human rights before the inter-American court of human rights

Abstract

This investigation was aimed at determining what the importance of judicializing human rights violation cases is before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). The team of researchers included the students enrolled in the subject Public and Private International Law, who belong to the Major in Law at Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador. Two groups of the same subject participated. From the population, a sample of 840 students was taken; then, a sub-sample for each group was selected. From the first group, a total of 32 students were chosen; from the second group, a total of 27. One of the findings of the field research included the following: the people who were surveyed are aware of the fact that the role of the IACHR is limited only to the interpretation and application of the American Convention of Human Rights and to the punishment of cases involving human rights violations.

Entorno, mayo 2017, número 63: 14-17