THE CRISIS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND THE POPULIST OFFENSIVE

THE IMPACT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2317-5389.2021.17.11006

Keywords:

Liberal democracy, Populism, Inter-American System of Human Rights

Abstract

This article aims to approach the crisis of liberal democracy with the rise of populist movements and their risk for democracy, from the perspective of the inter-american system. For this purpose, we analyzed three judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, identifying two important aspects: the populist tendency to attack judicial independence and the principle of separation of powers; and the essentiality of joint action by internal and international institutional actors in the protection of basic democratic principles, considering the impact of the Inter-American System of Human Rights.

Author Biographies

Flávia Piovesan, PUC/SP

Flávia Piovesan é membro da Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos (2018 a 2021) e Professora Doutora da PUC/SP em Direito Constitucional e Direitos Humanos. Foi Visiting Scholar no David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) na Harvard University (2018); visiting scholar no Max-Planck-Institute (2008-2018); Humboldt Foundation Georg Forster Research Fellow no Max-Planck-Institute (2009-2014); human rights fellow no Centre for Brazilian Studies, University of Oxford (2005); e visiting fellow do Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School (1995 e 2000). Foi membro da UN High Level Task Force on the implementation of the rights to development e do OAS Working Group para o monitoramento do protocolo de San Salvador em matéria de direitos econômicos, sociais e culturais.

Gabriel Pinho Brochado, PUC/SP

Bacharel em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP). Assistente voluntário de Direito Constitucional na PUC/SP.

Published

2021-09-02

How to Cite

Piovesan, F., & Brochado, G. P. (2021). THE CRISIS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND THE POPULIST OFFENSIVE: THE IMPACT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Revista Direitos Humanos E Democracia, 9(17), 177–193. https://doi.org/10.21527/2317-5389.2021.17.11006