Application of International Human Rights Instruments and Control of Conventionality

The effective guarantee of human rights requires a permanent dialogue and construction between the Inter-American Court of Human Rights —hereinafter also the IACHR Court— and the highest courts of constitutional justice. The IACHR Court, in a solvent and extensive manner, has developed the theory of...

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Autores: Añazco Aguilar, Alan, Añazco Aguilar, Nadia Sofía
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista FORO: REVISTA DE DERECHO
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/3490
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/foro/article/view/3490
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Constitution
control of constitutionality
control of conventionality
constitutional supremacy
jurisprudence
direct application of the constitution
normative force
international instruments
Constitución
control de constitucionalidad
control de convencionalidad
supremacía constitucional
jurisprudencia
aplicación directa de la constitución
fuerza normativa
instrumentos internacionales
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Sumario:The effective guarantee of human rights requires a permanent dialogue and construction between the Inter-American Court of Human Rights —hereinafter also the IACHR Court— and the highest courts of constitutional justice. The IACHR Court, in a solvent and extensive manner, has developed the theory of conventionality control, as a way to ensure consistency between domestic legislation and the American Convention on Human Rights —hereinafter also the Convention or ACHR—. This theory complements and must be articulated with the system or models of control of constitutionality provided by each of the countries subscribing to the Convention.In the case of Ecuador, the control of conventionality and the control of constitutionality are intertwined by the principle of direct application of the Constitution and international human rights instruments, a very complex situation, especially when it comes to refrain from applying a rule of legal rank to give way to the direct application of a rule contained in an international human rights instrument. Therefore, this essay is concerned with analyzing this dilemma based on the dogmatic study of the control of constitutionality and conventionality, in order to determine the viability of the direct application of international human rights instruments in our legal reality.