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The role of Human Rights in the process of Constitutionalization of International Law

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AutorAngela Jank Calixto, Luciani Coimbra de Carvalho
Páginas235-252
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DOI: 10.14210/nej.v25n1.p235-252
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ABSTRACT: This paper aims to verify how the development of International Human
Rights Law demonstrates the existence of a constitutional tendency in International
Law. Adopting the deductive method, it analyzes the main doctrines that recognize the
possibility of International Law assuming constitutional characteristics, the historical
context that led to the emergence of these ideas, and the advances brought by the IHRL.

existence of a process of constitutionalization, giving greater legitimacy and force to the
international norms intended to protect individuals.
THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE
PROCESS OF CONSTITUTIONALIZATION OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW
O PAPEL DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS NO PROCESSO DE CONSTITUCIONALIZAÇÃO
DO DIREITO INTERNACIONAL
EL PAPEL DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL PROCESO DE
CONSTITUCIONALIZACIÓN DEL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL
Angela Jank Calixto1
Luciani Coimbra de Carvalho2
KEYWORDS: International Human Rights Law; Constitutionalization of International Law; Human Rights.
RESUMO: 
   
Com a adoção do método dedutivo, foi realizada uma análise das principais doutrinas que reconhecem a
           



PALAVRAS-CHAVES:        

    
   

   
        

DOI: 10.14210/nej.v25n1.p235-252
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RESUMEN:             
             
      

  

comprobando mayor legitimidad y fuerza a las normas internacionales destinadas a proteger los individuos.
PALABRAS CLAVE: 
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INTRODUCTION
Since the second half of the 20th century, the need for concrete measures by the international
community has increased, in order to strengthen the protection of Human Rights and prevent new
atrocities, like those committed during World War II. Due to this need to protect human rights at
an international level, to avoid new abuses by States against individuals, the global legal landscape
has undergone a permanent and accelerated process of change. In this scenario, a new specialized
branch of International Law has emerged: International Human Rights Law (IHRL), aimed precisely at
ensuring the protection of the individual.
The development of this specialized branch of International Law has led to the idea that a
process of constitutionalization of International Law is in progress, based on the understanding
that the publication of norms with constitutional content at international level, and the creation of
international bodies to hold States accountable for their actions and omissions, leads to a process
in which International Law assumes constitutional characteristics. The direct consequence of this
understanding is the formation of the idea that because of this process, International Law can be
conceived as a legal system that is binding on all States, precisely because it is seen as an autonomous
constitutional system.

constitutional and totally binding system, it is important to note that the development of the IHRL
in the global scenario has, in fact, consolidated means of asserting the existence of a process of
constitutionalization of International Law, contributing to the direct tutelage of Human Rights around
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that IHRL constitutionalized the international order, and to highlight the contributions promoted by
this specialized branch for the protection of Human Rights.

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