American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San José, Costa Rica"

• Coming into Force: 18 July 1978
• Subject Terms: International organizations-Institutions,Americas,Human rights,Pact of San Jose, Cosat Rica (human rights)
• Registration Date: 27 August 1979
• Citation: UNTS v. 1144 (p.123)
• Registration Number: 17955
• Date of Conclusion: 22 November 1969
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: Organization of American States
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Secretary-General of the Organization of American States
• Participants: Argentina,Barbados,Bolivia,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,República Dominicana,Ecuador,El Salvador,Grenada,Guatemala,Haiti,Honduras,Jamaica,México,Nicaragua,Panamá,Paraguay,Perú,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,United States,Uruguay,Venezuela

No.

17955

MULTILATERAL

American

Convention

on

Human

Rights:

"Pact

of

San

José,

Costa

Rica".

Signed

at San

José,

Costa

Rica,

on

22

No

vember

1969

Authentic

texts: Spanish,

English,

Portuguese

and

French.

Registered

by

the Organization

of

American

States

on

27

August

1979.

MULTILATÉRAL

Convention

américaine

relative

aux

droits

de

l'homme

:

«

Pacte

de

San

José

de

Costa

Rica

».

Signée

à

San

José

(Costa

Rica)

le

22

novembre

1969

Textes

authentiques

:

espagnol,

anglais,

portugais

et

français.

Enregistrée

par

l'Organisation

des

États

américains

le

27

août

1979.

Vol.

1144.

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United

Nations

—

Treaty Series

•

Nations

Unies

—

Recueil

des

Traités

1979

AMERICAN

CONVENTION

1

ON

HUMAN

RIGHTS:

"PACT

OF

SAN

JOS ,

COSTA

RICA"

PREAMBLE

The

American

states

signatory

to

the

present

Convention,

Reaffirming

their

intention

to

consolidate

in

this

hemisphere,

within

the

framework

of

democratic

institutions,

a

system

of

personal

liberty

and

social

justice

based

on

respect

for

the

essential

rights

of

man,

Recognizing

that

the

essential

rights

of

man

are

not

derived

from

one's

being

a

national

of

a

certain

state,

but

are

based

upon

attributes

of

the

human

personality,

and

that

they

therefore

justify

international

protection

in

the

form

of

a

convention

reinforcing

or

complementing

the

protection

provided

by

the

domestic

law

of

the

American

states,

Considering

that

these

principles

have

been

set

forth

in

the

Charter

of

the

Organization

of

American

States,

in

the

American

Declaration

of

the

Rights

and

Duties

of

Man,

and

in

the

Universal

Declaration

of

Human

Rights,

and

that

they

have

been

reaffirmed

and

refined

in

other

international

instruments,

worldwide

as

well

as

regional

in

scope,

1

Came

into

force

on

18

July

1978,

i.e.,

the

date

of

deposit

of

the

eleventh

instrument

of

ratification

or

adherence

with

the

General

Secretariat

of

the

Organization

of

American

States,

in

accordance

with

article

74

(2).

Instruments

of

ratification

or

adherence

were

deposited

as

follows:

Diite

of

deposit

of

the

instrument

of

ftttificittion

Sftiti'

or

(idlii'ri'nt't'

(a)

Colombia

............................................................

31

July

1973

Costa

Rica...........................................................

8

April

1970

Dominican

Republic

..................................................

19

April

1978

(Signature

affixed

on

7

September

1977.)

Ecuador

.............................................................

28

December

1977

El

Salvador*

.........................................................

23

June

1978

Grenada

.............................................................

18

July

1978

(Signature

affixed

on

14

July

1978.)

Guatemala*

..........................................................

25

May

1978

Haiti

................................................................

27

September

1977

a

Honduras

............................................................

8

September

1977

Panama

.............................................................

22

June

1978

Venezuela*

..........................................................

9

August

1977

*

See

p.

209

of

this

volume

for

the

text

of

the

declaration

and

reservations

made

upon

ratification or

adherence.

Subsequently,

the

Convention

came

into

force

for

the

following

States

on

the

date

of

deposit

of

their

instru

ments

of

ratification

or

adherence

with

the

General

Secretariat

of

the

Organization

of

American

States,

in

accord

ance

with

article

74

(2):

Diiti

1

of

ik'pnalt

of

tin

1

inatrumt'nt

of

rtttlfu'ution

Sttttt'

or

cullu'iTiici'

(a)

Peru

...................................................................

28

July

1978

(Signature

affixed

on

27

July

1977.)

Jamaica*

...............................................................

7

August

1978

(Signature

affixed

on

16

Spetember

1977.)

Bolivia

.................................................................

19

July

1979 a

*

See

p.

209

of

this

volume

for

the

text

of

the

declarations

and

reservations

made

upon

ratification

or

adherence.

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