Stockholders’ Human Rights Insufficiently Protected by the IACHR

Arturo C. Porzecanski* Versión en español aquí. The principle that a state incurs international responsibility when it expropriates the property of foreign investors without adequate compensation is well established in international law. Provisions relating to the protection of property abroad may be found in international agreements dating back to the late 19thcentury; but in the […]

The Right to Social Protest and the Inter-American Standards

Edison Lanza* Versión en español aquí. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected human health and life in the region. In many countries, State restrictions in response to the pandemic focused on curtailing the freedoms of expression and association, public assembly, and other central tenets of democracy. While some emergency measures may be legitimate under […]