THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: THE AMBASSADOR OF UNIVERSALISM*

LUDOVIC HENNEBEL**

* The original French version of this paper was published in L. Hennebel & H. Tigroudja, eds., Le particularisme interaméricain des droits de l''homme (Paris : Pedone, 2009) 75, under the title “ La Cour interaméricaine des droits de l''homme : entre universalisme et particularisme”.

** Ludovic Hennebel is Research Fellow at the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium) and member of the Perelman Centre of the Law School of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He is also a former Global Fellow at the Law School of New York University, visiting professor at SciencesPo Paris and a member of the Alumni College of the Royal Belgian Academy. He holds a Ph. D in Law, an LL. M in international human rights law, and the René Cassin Diploma on international human rights law. The author thanks Sophie Tucker and Garrett Oppenheim for their valuable assistance.