Impact within the Human Rights Framework

Edited by Yves Haeck, Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director of the Programme for Studies on Human Rights in Context, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent University and Clara Burbano Herrera, Professor of International Human Rights Law, Principal Investigator of the ERC Consolidator Grant IMPACTUM, and Director of the Programme for Studies on Human Rights in Context, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent University, Belgium

‘This book offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the study of the Inter-American Human Rights System. It reveals the broader and often underexplored dimensions of impact that shape law, policy, and human rights practice across the Americas. By addressing a range of topics and drawing on rich examples, the authors capture the dynamic interplay among international institutions, domestic actors, and civil society. A must-read for scholars, practitioners, and anyone seeking to understand the evolving architecture of human rights in the region.’

• ContentsP�r�e�f�a�c�e� �vii1 Introduction: Impact within the human rights framework 1Y�v�e�s� �H�a�e�c�k� �a�n�d� �C�l�a�r�a� �B�u�r�b�a�n�o�-�H�e�r�r�e�r�a�PART I LAYING OUT THE IMPACT MODEL2 Inter-American human rights experimentalism 13P�a�r� �E�n�g�s�t�r�öm�3 Tools to understand the impact of human rights systems from a comparative perspective 47S�a�b�r�i�n�a� �R�a�g�o�n�e� �a�n�d� �L�a�u�r�a� �A�l�e�s�s�a�n�d�r�a� �N�o�c�e�r�a�4 Impact through aesthetics: narrative, perception, and justice in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 73R�e�n�é �U�r�u�e�ña� �a�n�d� �S�t�e�p�h�a�n�i�a� �Y�a�t�e� �C�o�r�t�e�s�5 A theoretical model for measuring the impact of urgent measures aimed at protecting at-risk detainees in Latin America 95C�l�a�r�a� �B�u�r�b�a�n�o�-�H�e�r�r�e�r�a�,� �Y�v�e�s� �H�a�e�c�k� �a�n�d� �A�l�b�e�r�t�e� �V�e�r�w�o�h�l�t� �H�a�n�s�e�n�PART II APPLYING THE IMPACT MODEL TO SPECIFIC CASES AND/OR COUNTRIES STUDIES6 Impact of the Inter-American jurisprudence on the fight against impunity in Colombia: the case of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace 147O�s�c�a�r� �P�a�r�r�a� �V�e�r�a� �a�n�d� �M�ón�i�c�a� �T�r�e�s�p�a�l�a�c�i�o�s� �L�e�a�l� �7 Behind the scenes of impact in the Yanomami case (1980–85): civil society and bureaucratic politics in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 173 Bruno Boti Bernardi and João Roriz 8 Towards the consolidation of the Ius Constitutionale Commune in Latin American LGBTIQ+ rights: the transformative impact of Advisory Opinion OC-24/17 203 Mariela Morales Antoniazzi and Carolina Bejarano Martínez 9 Urgent measures and Indigenous peoples’ territorial rights in the Inter-American system 241 Daniel Cerqueira 10 Concluding remarks: impact is a rich concept that encompasses a variety of dimensions 277 Clara Burbano Herrera and Yves Haeck Index 285