The Inter-American System's Recent Contributions to the Development of Women's Human Rights Standards

Abstract

This article seeks to provide an overview of some of the Inter-American Human Rights System's contributions to the development of regional legal standards on girls’ and women’s human rights from a positivist perspective. It first addresses the System’s normative and institutional framework on this topic. It then presents key jurisprudential advances in three specific areas: the right to equality and non-discrimination; the right to be free from violence; and sexual and reproductive rights.