ABSTRACT
The Inter-American human rights system has evolved over time, despite setbacks, into a force for human rights protection in the Americas. In 1948, prior to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s adoption of the UDHR,1 the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man.2 Since that time, the OAS has promulgated other human rights treaties and declarations. Progress in the actual protection of human rights, however, has not always been evident across the region.
