Abstract
This article offers a reconceptualization of the impact of the Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS, or the System). To understand the impact of the IAHRS, and the continuing demand for it from across the region of Latin America, in particular, we need to look beyond rule compliance models of international human rights law. This article examines how, in what ways, and under what conditions the IAHRS impacts on domestic human rights. In a nutshell, the IAHRS is activated by domestic stakeholders in ways that transcend traditional compliance perspectives, and that have the potential to provoke positive domestic human rights change.
Keywords:
Inter-American Human Rights System; Latin America; human rights impact; compliance; international human rights law