18 conceptually incomplete and juridically inconsistent. With this, the construction and consolidation of the true Rule of Law will regrettably be postponed, and in the framework of the latter, that of the true right to the Law, that is, the right to a legal order that effectively safeguards the fundamental rights of the human person. Antônio Augusto Cançado-Trindade Judge Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary