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The jurisprudence standards of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights about accused and sentenced prisoners

Authors

  • Alvaro Esteban Castro Morales Universidad de Chile

Abstract

This article analyzes the jurisprudential standards of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights about accused and sentenced prisoners. The article describes the role of the Court as an international mechanism for the protection of the rights of prisoners, the criminal political context and the reality of Latin American prisons, the rights that have commonly been violated in prisons and places of detention, and the most relevant jurisprudential lines on the subject.

Keywords:

Prisoners, violation of rights, jurisprudential standards, Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Author Biography

Alvaro Esteban Castro Morales, Universidad de Chile

Álvaro Castro Morales es abogado. Doctor en Derecho por la Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Alemania. Profesor de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Chile y director del Centro de Estudios de la Justicia de la misma facultad. Su correo electrónico es acastro@derecho.uchile.cl.