Is there a Human Right to Indefinitely Run for Reelection?
The Inter-American Court must decide whether the misuse of the conventionality control circumvents the power of the constitutional bodies
Cerqueira, Daniel
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2020
Verfassungsblog
2020-10-22
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In the next few months, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court) shall issue an advisory opinion in order to clarify whether presidential reelection is a right arising from the American Convention on Human Rights and, if so, whether it can be restricted. This article addresses one of the aspects which will probably be elaborated upon in said opinion, that is to say the inadequate use of the conventionality control with a view to modifying, by means of a judicial decision, constitutional provisions whose scope should only be scrutinized by mechanisms of constitutional creation or reform under the rule of law.
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Cerqueira, Daniel
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights
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Reelection Clause
Term limits
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