IST 341 Latin America: Politics, Society, Culture: Home

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights Project is a student-run organization that seeks to increase access to decisions rendered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ("Inter-American Court") in order to assist students, practitioners, and scholars in strengthening human rights law in the Americas.