Cuba and the Inter-American System. Among the political myth and the legal reality

Abstract

Will analyze the legal link of the Republic of Cuba with the inter-American system, in particular with the Inter-American System of Human Rights (ISHR), under the protection of International Law. With this purpose, will be carried out a historical-legal analysis on the origin of the inter-American system and Cuba’s relations with it, prior to 1959. Will proceed to elucidate the legal status that Cuba maintains with respect to said system, with after its relations with the Organization of American States (OAS) were interrupted in 1962. Lastly, the current status of the legal ties that still exist between the inter-American system and the Cuban State will be exposed, and some reflections on their possible full integration in the mentioned system.