Indígenas no nacidos: ¿los protege el Pacto de San José?

Abstract

In the recent Xákmok Kásek Indigenous Community v. Paraguay case, the Inter-American Court was faced with the matter of the unborn child’s status. However, the Court avoided issuing a decision in this regard. As a reaction, this article purports to interpret the American Convention on Human Rights, elucidating the meaning of the norm stating that the right to life shall be protected, "in general, from the moment of conception".