2 8. Second: when reservations are allowed, as in the case of Article 75 of the American Convention, they have a limited scope, since this is an international human rights instrument. Otherwise, the obligations of the State Party would be unclear. Lastly, reservations cease to be valid when they are of a general, broad or imprecise nature not only due to a question of form but, above all, when, in some way, they contradict the object and purpose of the American Convention on Human Rights. Hernán Salgado-Pesantes Judge Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary