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IV.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
68.
In addition to the foregoing, there are other affirmations, either in the Judgment (case of
Muelle Flores) or in the Ruling (Cuscúl Pivaral), which I do not share and regarding which I consider
it appropriate to highlight the reasons for my disagreement.
69.
The affirmation in the Ruling,128 and reiterated in the Judgment, that the conclusion reached
“is based not only on formal issues, but results from the interdependence and indivisibility of civil
and political rights and economic, social, cultural and environmental rights, as well as their
compatibility with the object and purpose of the Convention,”129 does not necessarily imply that the
violation of both types of rights can be invoked before the Court. The position expressed in the
Judgment could be shared on the understanding that although the enjoyment of all human rights,
including economic, social and cultural rights, must be respected, and that consequently all may be
enforceable by the competent authorities, this does not necessarily or exclusively mean that the
latter are, always, in every circumstance and in relation to all human rights, to be brought before an
international tribunal and, eventually, before the Court, especially when we consider that the interAmerican jurisdiction reinforces or complements that established in the domestic laws of the State
concerned.130 Indeed, here we are not disputing the fact that alleged violations of any human right
can and should be claimed before the competent domestic courts;131 my argument is that only some
violations of the economic, social and cultural rights may be submitted to the Court for consideration
and a ruling, which does not include the right to social security.
70.
The second reason for my dissent, on which I consider it necessary to insist, is that in order
to claim the right to social security before the Court, it would be indispensable for this to be permitted
by a new conventional rule. In fact, Articles 31, 76(1) and 77(1) of the Convention,132 expressly
128
Para. 85 of the Ruling [Case of Cuscúl Pivaral]
129
Para. 36 of the Judgment.
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Footnote 44.
Article 46: “1. Admission by the Commission of a petition or communication lodged in accordance with Articles 44 or
45 shall be subject to the following requirements:
a) that the remedies under domestic law have been pursued and exhausted in accordance with generally recognized
principles of international law;
b) that the petition or communication is lodged within a period of six months from the date on which the party alleging
violation of his rights was notified of the final judgment;
c) that the subject of the petition or communication is not pending in another international proceeding for settlement; and
d) that, in the case of Article 44, the petition contains the name, nationality, profession, domicile, and signature of the person
or persons or of the legal representative of the entity lodging the petition.
2. The provisions of paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) of this article shall not be applicable when:
a) the domestic legislation of the state concerned does not afford due process of law for the protection of the right or rights
that have allegedly been violated;
b) the party alleging violation of his rights has been denied access to the remedies under domestic law or has been prevented
from exhausting them; or
c) there has been unwarranted delay in rendering a final judgment under the aforementioned remedies.”
Article 61:” 1. Only the States Parties and the Commission shall have the right to submit a case to the Court.
2. In order for the Court to hear a case, it is necessary that the procedures set forth in Articles 48 and 50 shall have been
completed.”
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Footnote 16.