The Inter-American Human Rights System in the Trump Era, by Michael Camilleri

An Institution Worth Defending

La Silla Vacia. The Empty Chair. For students of Latin American history, the term evokes a scene during the ill-fated Caguán peace talks of the late 1990s, when FARC guerillas could not be bothered to show up for scheduled negotiations with Colombian President Andrés Pastrana. In March of this year, the Trump Administration brought new meaning to the phrase when, for the first time in memory, it left the United States delegation’s seats unoccupied at hearings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The Administration explained its absence by citing ongoing domestic litigation regarding the issues under consideration, but the early boycott of Commission hearings raised serious questions and concerns. Was it indicative of a new administration finding its feet, or a harbinger of things to come?

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