Sanchez, Maria2022-08-292022-08-292022-04https://hdl.handle.net/11299/241313University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. April 2022. Major: Political Science. Advisors: Tanisha Fazal, Cosette Creamer. 1 computer file (PDF); ii, 400 pages.While charged with similar mandates to enforce international human rights law, the world’s three regional human rights courts have developed divergent approaches to interpreting the extent of their authority over member state governments. This understudied variation has widespread implications for domestic human rights protections. I analyze the origins of regional courts’ interpretations of the boundaries of their jurisdictions and the conditions under which these interpretations shift over time. This research is particularly vital given growing national backlash against international human rights institutions and recent efforts to increase coordination across the regional human rights courts.enhuman rightsinternational lawregional courtstransitional justiceThesis or Dissertation