《美洲人权公约》由美洲国家组织于 1969年11月22日在哥斯达黎加的圣约瑟通过,故又称《哥斯达黎加圣约瑟公约》。该公约于1969年11月12日生效。它是继《欧洲人权公约》后的第二个区域性政府间国际组织的人权保障公约,也是 1966年12月联大通过《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》和《经济、社会及文化权利国际公约》后达成的第一个区域性政府间国际组织的保护人权的国际公约。《公约》包括序言和82条正文,由国家义务和受保护的权利、保护的方式、一般和过渡条款三部分组成。《公约》所保护的主要是公民和政治权利,规定的权利主要有:法律人格权、生命权、人道待遇权、不受奴役的自由、人身自由权、公正审判权、不受有追溯力法律的约束、获得赔偿权、隐私权、良心和宗教自由、思想和发表意见的自由、答辩权、集会权、结社权、家庭权、姓名权、 The American Convention on Human Rights was adopted by the Organization of American States (OAS) at San José, Costa Rica, on November 22, 1969 and is therefore also known as the San José Convention in Costa Rica. The convention entered into force on November 12, 1969. It is the second human rights protection convention of international intergovernmental organizations after the “European Convention on Human Rights” and the convention passed by the General Assembly in December 1966 on “International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” and "International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Convention on the Protection of Human Rights of the First Regional Intergovernmental International Organized after the Convention. The Convention includes a preamble and 82 main texts, consisting of three parts: state obligations and protected rights, ways of protection, general and transitional provisions. Mainly protected by the Convention are civil and political rights. The stipulated rights are mainly the following: the right to legal personality, the right to life, the humane treatment, freedom from slavery, the right to liberty, the right to a fair trial and not to any retroactive law Freedom of conscience and religion, freedom of thought and opinion, right of reply, right of assembly, right of association, right to family, right of name, freedom of conscience and religion,