Volume 5 | Issue 1 Article 3 2015 Between Idealism and Realism: A Few Comparative Reflections and Proposals on the Appointment Process of the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights Members Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen Sorbonne Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndjicl Part of the Courts Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, and the International Law Commons Recommended Citation Burgorgue-Larsen, Laurence (2015) "Between Idealism and Realism: A Few Comparative Reflections and Proposals on the Appointment Process of the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights Members," Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 3. Available at: http://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndjicl/vol5/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Journals at NDLScholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law by an authorized administrator of NDLScholarship. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Between Idealism and Realism: A Few Comparative Reflections and Proposals on the Appointment Process of the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights Members Article Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen† I Introduction ............................. 30 II National Processes to Select Candidates . 32 A Comparative Assessment . 32 B Proposals for the Inter-American System . 40 III International Procedures to Assess Candidates . 46 A Comparative Assessment . 46 1 The European Union System (CJEU) . 46 2 The European Convention System (ECHR) . 49 B Proposals for the Inter-American System . 55 IV Concluding Remarks ........................ 61 Abstract In this Article, Professor Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen, a renowned scho- lar in European and Latin-American law, explores flaws in the process by which members are appointed to the Inter-American Commission and Court of human rights, respectively.