Article 64, American Convention on Human Rights

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Article 64

1. The member states of the Organization may consult the Court regarding the interpretation of this Convention or of other treaties concerning the protection of human rights in the American states. Within their spheres of competence, the organs listed in Chapter X of the Charter of the Organization of American States, as amended by the Protocol of Buenos Aires, may in like manner consult the Court.

2. The Court, at the request of a member state of the Organization, may provide that state with opinions regarding the compatibility of any of its domestic laws with the aforesaid international instruments.

pdf: www.oas.org/juridico/english/Treaties/b-32.htm

Organisation:

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Attachment Link:

http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/Treaties/b-32.htm

Countries

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