http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/c7304cb9d04e8c0f https://verfassungsblog.de/right-to-democracy-iacthr/ The Question of Democracy Before the Inter-American Court  - Guatemala's Advisory Opinion Request and the Future of Democracy in the Americas da Costa Sales, Rodrigo eng 2026-04-20 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Advisory Opinion IACtHR Right to Democracy Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been asked a question that could reshape the relationship between democracy and human rights in the Americas. In 2024, Guatemala submitted a request for an Advisory Opinion on the legal status of democracy under the Inter-American human rights system, in a regional context marked by democratic backsliding, institutional fragility, and growing tensions between elected governments and judicial institutions. The issue is not simply how to define democracy, but how democracy operates within the Inter-American human rights system and what obligations States have in relation to it.