PROTECTION OF THE PANAMANIAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM OF HUMAN RIGHTS
https://www.doi.org/10.32523/2791-0954-2023-6-2-64-72
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Keywords:
American Convention on Human Rights, , American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, American Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Inter-American System of Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Panama, Indigenous RightsAbstract
This scientific work analyzes the relationship between Panama and the protection of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within the scope of the Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS). For this, the participation of Panama in the Inter-American Indigenist Institute is analysed, as well as the contemporary relationship in the field of Indigenous Rights, highlighting the role of the IASHR in the reception of cases related to the Embera, Kuna, Ngobe and Naso indigenous communities, when it was determined measures for the Panama State to increase efficiency in protecting the Indigenous Peoples Rights. Throughout the text, the main elements of the standards for the protection of the Rights of the Panamanian Indigenous Peoples within the scope of the IAHRS are identified. In conclusion, it is indicated that the regulation of the Indigenous Peoples Rights in Panama must comply with the standards established within the framework of the IAHRS.
