Universal-Womens-accesss-to-justice-Publications-Practitioners-Guide-Series-2016-ENG

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WOMEN’S ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 283
alleged violations of American Declaration of the Rights and
Duties of Man, the American Convention on Human Rights and
of the right to establish and join trade unions and the right to
education under the Additional Protocol to the American
Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador”. 692 The
Commission has found also that Articles 26 and 29 ACHR may
allow this body to consider violations of economic, social and
cultural rights contained in the Protocol of San Salvador. 693 The
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) has subjectmatter
jurisdiction for violations of the American Convention on
Human Rights (ACHR) only against States that have accepted it
through a declaration done under Article 62 ACHR. It can also
adjudicate on violations of the right to establish and join trade
unions and the right to education under the “Protocol of San
Salvador”. 694
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
(ACHPR) is competent to hear individual complaints for
violations of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
(ACHPR) against the States Parties. 695 The African Court on
Human and Peoples’ Rights has the competence to hear
692
See, Article 19.6, Protocol of San Salvador. See, National
Association of Ex-Employees v. Peru, IACHR, op. cit., fn. 892, para.
69; Pensioners of the National Agricultural Development Bank
(BANDESA) v. Guatemala, IACHR, Petition No. 1380-06, Report No.
102/09, Admissibility Decision, 29 October 2009, para. 24; Tena
Colunga et al. v. Mexico, IACHR, Petition No. 2582/02, Report No.
44/04, Admissibility Decision, 13 October 2004, paras. 39-40;
Meneses de Jiménez v. Colombia, IACHR, Petition No. 2779-02, Report
No. 50/10, Admissibility Decision, 18 March 2010, paras. 45-46.
693
See, Sanchez Villalobos and Others v. Costa Rica, IACHR, Petition
No. 12.361, Report No. 25/04, Admissibility Decision, 11 March 2004,
para. 52; Meneses de Jiménez v. Colombia, IACHR, op. cit., fn. 1259,
para. 46.
694
See, Article 19.6, Protocol of San Salvador. See, Baena-Ricardo et
al. v. Panama, IACtHR, op. cit., fn. 1236, para. 97.
695
Article 55 ACHPR.