Inter-American Court of Human Rights
A court in San José, Costa Rica, that decides cases about the American Convention on Human Rights. Individuals cannot bring cases to it directly; they go first to the Inter-American Commission.
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- The Court can hear a case against a state only if that state has accepted its jurisdiction.
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