American Convention on Human Rights

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human rights treaty international convention regional treaty

The American Convention on Human Rights is a key regional human rights treaty in the Americas that establishes civil and political rights standards and underpins the jurisdiction of the Inter-American human rights system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
American Convention on Human Rights canonical	24
Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T217398 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: American Convention on Human Rights
Context triple: [Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, legalFramework, American Convention on Human Rights]

A. International Bill of Human Rights
The International Bill of Human Rights is the collective name for the core United Nations human rights instruments that together set out the fundamental civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all people.
B. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a regional human rights body that monitors, promotes, and protects fundamental rights across the Americas under the framework of the Inter-American human rights system.
C. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a key United Nations human rights treaty that legally binds its member states to respect and ensure a broad range of fundamental civil and political freedoms, such as the rights to life, fair trial, expression, assembly, and participation in public affairs.
D. Charter of the Organization of American States
The Charter of the Organization of American States is the foundational treaty that establishes the OAS’s structure, purposes, and principles for political, economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the countries of the Americas.
E. United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a principal UN body, active from 1946 to 2006, responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide and drafting key international human rights instruments.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Convention on Human Rights
Target entity description: The American Convention on Human Rights is a key regional human rights treaty in the Americas that establishes civil and political rights standards and underpins the jurisdiction of the Inter-American human rights system.

A. International Bill of Human Rights
The International Bill of Human Rights is the collective name for the core United Nations human rights instruments that together set out the fundamental civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all people.
B. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a regional human rights body that monitors, promotes, and protects fundamental rights across the Americas under the framework of the Inter-American human rights system.
C. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a key United Nations human rights treaty that legally binds its member states to respect and ensure a broad range of fundamental civil and political freedoms, such as the rights to life, fair trial, expression, assembly, and participation in public affairs.
D. Charter of the Organization of American States
The Charter of the Organization of American States is the foundational treaty that establishes the OAS’s structure, purposes, and principles for political, economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the countries of the Americas.
E. United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a principal UN body, active from 1946 to 2006, responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide and drafting key international human rights instruments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human rights treaty ⓘ international convention ⓘ regional treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	Organization of American States ⓘ
adoptedInCity	San José ⓘ
adoptedInCountry	Costa Rica ⓘ
adoptionDate	1969-11-22 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pact of San José ⓘ linked to: Protocol of San Salvador Pacto de San José de Costa Rica ⓘ
articleCountApproximate	80 ⓘ
basedOn	Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
containsChapter	means of protection ⓘ rights and duties ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	derogation in states of emergency ⓘ non-discrimination ⓘ political participation ⓘ progressive development of economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ right to property ⓘ rights of the child ⓘ
depositary	General Secretariat of the Organization of American States ⓘ linked to: Secretariat of the Organization of American States
enforcementMechanism	individual petitions ⓘ state-to-state complaints ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	1978-07-18 ⓘ
establishesBody	Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
geopoliticalOrganization	Organization of American States member states ⓘ
inspiredBy	European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
jurisdiction	Inter-American human rights system ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on ratifying states ⓘ
monitoredBy	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate	1969-11-22 ⓘ
partOf	Inter-American human rights system ⓘ
providesFor	advisory jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
region	Americas ⓘ
requires	exhaustion of domestic remedies before international petition ⓘ
scope	states of the Americas ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil rights ⓘ due process ⓘ freedom from torture ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ judicial protection ⓘ political rights ⓘ right to a fair trial ⓘ right to life ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → legalFramework → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → legalBasis → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → basedOn → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → coreInstrument → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → monitorsComplianceOf → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → basedOn → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → basedOn → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → relatedTo → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → influenced → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women → relatedInstrument → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture → relatedTo → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Protocol of San Salvador → complements → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Protocol of San Salvador → preambleReferences → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty → basedOn → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American system → legalFrameworkIncludes → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Pacto de San José de Costa Rica → títuloOficial → Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos ⓘ

linked to: American Convention on Human Rights

Inter-American Democratic Charter → relatedTo → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

subject linked to: IDC

Inter-American Convention on Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

international labour law → coreInstrument → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities → relatedTo → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Natural Persons → relatedTo → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights → expands → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Inter-American Children’s Institute → legalFrameworkReferenced → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Pacto de San José → títuloOficial → Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos ⓘ

linked to: American Convention on Human Rights

Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos → tieneBaseNormativa → Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos ⓘ

linked to: American Convention on Human Rights

Mexican criminal justice system → subjectTo → American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

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