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Brief

Publication Date

11-17-2025

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Notre Dame Law School Global Human Rights Clinic (NDLS GHRC) In collaboration with Notre Dame Reparations Design and Compliance Lab (ND Reparations Lab)

The undersigned Professors, staff lawyers, and researchers of the NDLS GHRC and the ND Reparations Lab respectfully submit this Expert Opinion for this Honorable Court’s consideration. 

  1. The State of Guatemala has requested this Honorable Court to interpret specific provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights (e.g., Preamble first paragraph, Article 1 obligation to respect rights, Article 5 right to humane treatment, Article 8 right to a fair trial, Article 9 freedom from ex post facto laws, Article 11 right to privacy, Article 13 freedom of thought and expression, Article 15 right of assembly, Article 16 freedom of association, Article 23 right to participate in government, Article 24 right to equal protection, Article 25 right to judicial protection, Article 26 progressive development, Article 29 restrictions regarding interpretation); the Charter of the Organization of American States [e.g. Preamble third paragraph, Article 2(b), Article 3(d) and (f), Article 9(a) and (d), Article 47, Article 95(c)(3)]; Article XXVIII of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man; the Inter-American Democratic Charter (e.g. Preamble first paragraph, second paragraph, eighth paragraph, twelfth paragraph, and Articles 1, 2, 3, 7, and 9); and the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (e.g., Preamble third paragraph, Articles 3, 5, 13).

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INTER-AMERICAN COURT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Advisory Opinion SOC-1-2024
REF:CDH-SOC-2024/455

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