nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/f573ba6deebfa043 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260316s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/f573ba6deebfa043 doi eng 342 23 Rothkirch, Philipp Author aut Protecting Democracy Through International Law - Guatemala’s request for an IACtHR Advisory Opinion on Democracy and Political Rights Rothkirch, Philipp Verfassungsblog 2026-03-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier While the 2023 presidential election marked a pro-democratic turning point for Guatemala, authoritarian forces continue to pressure the newly elected government to this day. In light of this, Guatemala’s pro-democratic government requested an advisory opinion on the protection of democracy and political rights from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. This week, from 17 to 20 March 2026, the IACtHR will convene the public hearings. I argue that Guatemala’s pro-democratic government turned to international law to generate resources for its domestic struggle against national authoritarian forces. CC BY-SA 4.0 Demokratie [Motiv] Guatemala Guatemala Inter-American Court of Human Rights Interamerikanischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | San José (Costa Rica) International Law democracy (DE-588)4396255-5 gnd Demokratie [Motiv] (DE-588)4022428-4 gnd Guatemala (DE-588)221724-7 gnd Interamerikanischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | San José (Costa Rica) Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/guatemala-iacthr/ raw object