nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/c7304cb9d04e8c0f DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260420s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/c7304cb9d04e8c0f doi eng 342 23 da Costa Sales, Rodrigo Author aut 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 Verfassungsblog 2026-04-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Advisory Opinion IACtHR Right to Democracy Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/right-to-democracy-iacthr/ raw object