13 b) in relation to the obligations, there are two, namely, the “Obligation to Respect Rights”66 and the “Duty to Adopt Domestic Legal Effects;”67 in relation to rights, there are “Civil and Political Rights”68 and “Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;”69 c) with regard to the organs of this system, namely the Commission, the Court 70 and the OAS General Assembly,71 the first is tasked with promoting and defending human rights 72, the second with the interpretation and application of the Convention73 and the third with the adoption of necessary measures to enforce the corresponding ruling;74 d) based on a harmonious interpretation of the corresponding rules regarding the Court’s jurisdiction to impart justice in the cases submitted to it, we may infer that the Convention distinguishes between two types of rights: the rights that are “recognized,” 75 and 76, “established,”77 guaranteed,”78 “enshrined”79 or “protected”80 by or in the Convention, and others that are 66 Supra, Footnote 25. Article 2. “Domestic Legal Effects. Where the exercise of any of the rights or freedoms referred to in Article 1 is not already ensured by legislative or other provisions, the States Parties undertake to adopt, in accordance with their constitutional processes and the provisions of this Convention, such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to those rights or freedoms. 67 Part I, Chapter II, Articles 3 to 25. Right to Juridical Personality (Article 3), Right to Life (Article 4), Right to Humane Treatment (Personal Integrity) (Article 5), Freedom from Slavery (Article 6), Right to Personal Liberty (Article7), Right to a Fair Trial (Judicial Guarantees )(Article 8), Freedom from Ex Post Facto Laws (Article 9), Right to Compensation (Article 10), Right to privacy (protection of honor and dignity) (Article 11), Freedom of Conscience and Religion (Article 12), Freedom of Thought and Expression (Article 13), Right of Reply (Article 14), Right of Assembly (Article 15), Freedom of Association (Article 16), Rights of the Family (Article 17), Right to a Name (Article 18), Rights of the Child (Article 19), Right to Nationality (Article 20), Right to Property (Article 21), Freedom of Movement and Residence (Article 22), Political Rights (Right to Participate in Government) (Article 23), Right to Equal Protection before the Law (Article 24) and Right to Judicial Protection (Article 25). 68 69 Footnote 6. 70 Footnote 17. 71 Footnote 30. 72 Footnote 37. 73 Footnote 12. 74 Footnote 30. 75 Footnote 47. Article 48(1)(f): “1. When the Commission receives a petition or communication alleging the violation of any of the rights protected by this Convention, it shall proceed as follows:… [it] shall place itself at the disposal of the parties concerned with a view to reaching a friendly settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for the human rights recognized in this Convention.” 76 Article 45(1): “Any State Party may, when it deposits its instrument of ratification of or adherence to this Convention, or at any later time, declare that it recognizes the competence of the Commission to receive and examine communications in which a State Party alleges that another State Party has committed a violation of a human right set forth in this Convention.” 77 Article 47(b): “The Commission shall consider inadmissible any petition or communication submitted under Articles 44 or 45 if: ... the petition or communication does not state facts that tend to establish a violation of the rights guaranteed by this Convention;” 78 Article 48(1): “When the Commission receives a petition or communication alleging violation of any of the rights protected by this Convention, it shall proceed as follows: ...” 79 80 Footnote 12.

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