The Sabalsagaray Case: A Uruguayan Example of the Integration of International Human Rights Law with Constitutional Law

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The Sabalsagaray Case: A Uruguayan Example of the Integration of International Human Rights Law with Constitutional Law

Stefanía RAINALDI

In 2009, with judgement N° 365/2009 (“the Sabalsagaray judgement”), the Supreme Court of Justice of Uruguay (“the Court”) declared unconstitutional articles 1, 3 and 4 of Law No. 15.848 on the Expiry of Punitive Claims of the State ("the Expiry Law"). The Court held that these provisions violated both the Constitution and international human rights law.

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Social Transformation in Colombia: Internally Displaced Persons and the Constitutional Court – A Landmark Case

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Social Transformation in Colombia: Internally Displaced Persons and the Constitutional Court – A Landmark Case

María-Dolores COLLAZOS

Since its introduction in 1991, the Constitutional Court of Colombia (hereinafter ‘the Court’) has distinguished itself as a competent defender of fundamental rights. Regionally, the Court is known for creating a large body of jurisprudence focused on supporting and expanding the range of individual rights…

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Contradicción de Tesis 293/2011 and the Constitutional Supremacy of International Human Rights Law

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Contradicción de Tesis 293/2011 and the Constitutional Supremacy of International Human Rights Law

Irene SPIGNO

With the landmark decision Contradicción de Tesis 293/2011, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation solved a conflict between two different jurisprudential criteria on the position international treaties on human rights have in the national legal order, recognizing them at a constitutional level.

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The Simón case—a decisive chapter in the Argentine struggle for a new beginning

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The Simón case—a decisive chapter in the Argentine struggle for a new beginning

Gisela FERRARI

The last military dictatorship (1976-1983) constituted a dark phase in the history of Argentina, leaving deep wounds in the social fabric of a country with an unstable relationship with democratic rule. The decision of the Supreme Court of Argentina in Simón (2005) revolutionized the constitutional landscape…

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Constitutional Identity in Transition? The Case on the Human Rights of the State

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Constitutional Identity in Transition? The Case on the Human Rights of the State

Diana CARRERA & Johanna FRÖHLICH

In 2012, the Ecuadorean National Undersecretary of Public Administration, with the support of the Office of the Presidency, filed a writ of amparo (“acción de protección”) against a local newspaper because it published an editorial containing allegedly false information on excessive expenditure on campaign advertising during the term of President Rafael Correa.

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