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cases, the States must adopt positive measures to ensure full exercise of all their
human rights.
35.
The right to cultural identity and all the rights that stem from it are subject to
the same limitations as the other rights embodied in the American Convention, that is:
“by the rights of others, by the security of all, and by the just demands of the general
welfare, in a democratic society.” 4.
36. In view of the above, it is possible to establish that cultural identity is expressed
in various ways that fall under the protection, as well as the limitations, set forth in
the American Convention on Human Rights.
Alirio Abreu Burelli
Judge
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri
Secretary
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Art. 32 of the American Convention.