American Convention on Human Rights

Pact of San José

American Convention on Human Rights
Signed	22 November 1969
Location	San José, Costa Rica
Effective	18 July 1978
Condition	11 ratifications
Parties	24 23 (from September 2013)
Depositary	General Secretariat of the Organization of American States
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The American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), also known as the Pact of San José or by its Spanish name used in most of the signatory nations, Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos, is an international human rights instrument.^[1] It was adopted by many countries in the Western Hemisphere in San José, Costa Rica, on 22 November 1969. It came into force after the eleventh instrument of ratification (that of Grenada) was deposited on 18 July 1978.

The bodies responsible for overseeing compliance with the Convention are the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, both of which are organs of the Organization of American States (OAS).