Los elementos centrales de la democracia representativa en el derecho interamericano
From the Inter-American instruments and agreements it is possible to identify the relevance of democracy for the States of the Americas. However, this is not a clear concept, consequently this paper presents the minimum rights that have to be protected in order to consider a regime as democratic. Th...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15589 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-internacional/article/view/15589 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | democracy equality freedom of assembly freedom of expression political rights judicial independence democracia igualdad libertad de reunión libertad de expresión derechos políticos independencia judicial. démocratie égalité liberté de réunion liberté d’expression droits politiques indépendance judiciaire |
| Sumario: | From the Inter-American instruments and agreements it is possible to identify the relevance of democracy for the States of the Americas. However, this is not a clear concept, consequently this paper presents the minimum rights that have to be protected in order to consider a regime as democratic. The present paper builds the connection between the theory of democracy and the law, concluding that a representative democracy requires American States to guarantee some minimum standards to protect and guarantee: 1) equality; 2) freedom of assembly; 3) freedom of expression; 4) political rights, and 5) judicial independence. The five elements mentioned constituted the minimum core of representative democracy, but they are not the only rights important for a democratic regime. |
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