In recent years the Inter-American Human Rights System has moved in the direction of increasingly protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. Although the Inter-American singular instrument dealing with disability rights (CIADDIS) does not provide a strong tool for the analysis of individual claims in cases of violations of these rights, both the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights have relied on an expansive interpretation of the InterAmerican treaties, particularly the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), in order to protect them. The purpose of this article is to trace the evolution of Inter-American jurisprudence and practice with regard to the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. In its first decisions on persons with disabilities, the Inter-American System took a general approach by simply recognising that persons with disabilities are entitled to the same rights as all persons; in its more recent decisions the Inter-American System has taken a proactive approach by interpreting those rights from a particular disability rights perspective. This article will argue that in doing so, the Inter-American System has, in some aspects, progressively caught up with international standards of protection regarding disability rights,while inothers, it has developed a particular standardof interpretation that is in conflict with the CRPD’s standards. Inter-American jurisprudence is thus slowly becoming an internationally relevant actor for the interpretation of disability rights, one that should be taken into account.

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美洲人权体系中的残疾人权利：一种广泛而不断发展的保护

近年来，美洲人权体系朝着更加保护残疾人权利的方向发展。尽管处理残疾人权利的美洲单一文书 (CIADDIS) 没有为分析侵犯这些权利的案件中的个人索赔提供强有力的工具，但美洲人权委员会和美洲法院人权依赖于对美洲条约的广泛解释，特别是《美洲人权公约》（ACHR），以保护它们。本文的目的是追溯美洲国家间关于保护残疾人权利的判例和实践的演变。在关于残疾人的第一个决定中，美洲体系采取了一般性方法，简单地承认残疾人有权享有与所有人相同的权利；在其最近的决定中，美洲体系采取了积极主动的方法，从特定的残疾人权利角度解释这些权利。本文将论证，在这样做的过程中，美洲体系在某些方面逐渐赶上了有关残疾人权利的国际保护标准，而在其他方面，它制定了与 CRPD 标准相冲突的特定解释标准。 . 因此，美洲判例正在慢慢成为解释残疾人权利的国际相关行为体，这一点应该被考虑在内。