ACHPR preamble
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Preamble, art1
Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. General Assembly Resolution 53/144. UN
General Comment no. 2. The role of independent national human rights Institutions in the protection and promotion of the rights of the child. Committee on the rights of the child, November 2, 2002.
Set of Principles for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights through Action to Combat Impunity. UN Human Rights Commission, February 8, 2005.
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, June 25, 1993.
INTER-AMERICAN COURT
Case of Gutiérrez Soler v. Colombia. September 12, 2005. Series C No. 132. Par. 54
Case of Tibi. Judgment of September 7, 2004. Series C No. 114, par. 159
Case of the Gómez Paquiyauri Brothers. Judgment of July 8, 2004. Series C No. 110, par. 114
Case of Maritza Urrutia. Judgment of November 27, 2003. Series C No. 103, par. 95.
Case of Nogueira de Carvalho et al. v. Brazil. PO, Merits. November 28, 2006. Series C No. 161. Par.74-75, 77