Abstract

CABRERA SILVA, Angel Gabriel. The exhaustion of domestic remedies and the notion of an early stage in the case of Brewer Carías. Is the inter-american human rights system at risk?. Mex. law rev [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.2, pp.167-184. ISSN 2448-5306.

This note analyzes the judgment delivered by the Inter-American Court on Human Rights in the case of Brewer Carías v. Venezuela. It argues that the criteria that allowed the preliminary objection of non-exhaustion of domestic remedies contravenes the precedents of the Inter-American line of case law. By examining the origin and implications of the newly-introduced concept of an "early stage" in domestic proceedings, this note then reaches to the conclusion that it could endanger the accessibility and impact of the Inter-American Human Rights System.

Keywords : Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Inter-American Court on Human Rights; preliminary objection; early stage..

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