Death Penalty, Amnesty Laws, and Forced Disappearances: Three Main Topics of the Inter-American Corpus Juris in Criminal Law

Authors

Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor, Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Pablo González Domínguez

Abstract

In this Article, Judge Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and International Human Rights Researcher Pablo González Domínguez explore three of the richest and most contentious areas of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: death penalty cases, amnesty law, and cased regarding forced disappearance. These topics encompass some of the most pressing human rights issues in the Inter-American System. For each topic, Ferrer Mac-Gregor and González Domínguez provide a succinct but comprehensive view of the Inter-American Court's jurisprudence, discuss the ways in which the core principles of this jurisprudence have been applied in more recent cases and developed into a corpus juris, and provide concluding remarks about the continuous challenges facing both the Court and American states going forward.

Recommended Citation

Ferrer Mac-Gregor, Eduardo and González Domínguez, Pablo (2015) "Death Penalty, Amnesty Laws, and Forced Disappearances: Three Main Topics of the Inter-American Corpus Juris in Criminal Law," Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndjicl/vol5/iss1/4