Part I State Obligations and Rights Protected, Ch.V Personal Responsibilities, Art.32: Relationship between Duties and Rights

Abstract

This chapter analyzes Article 32 of the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). The purpose of Article 32 of the ACHR is to establish a correlation between the rights and duties of the individuals and to emphasize generally the possibility of limiting rights and freedoms under certain conditions. Article 30 deals with the technical aspect of the restrictions' regime, while Article 32 refers on a more philosophical tone to the conditions for implementing the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms of the ACHR in the context of life in society. In this sense, this provision would echo the contract-based approaches of the theories of justice and reminds that human rights are partly grounded in the social contract. The duties and personal responsibilities are the counterparts of the rights and freedoms enshrined in Article 1 to Article 26.