The application of the human rights approach to population phenomena: opportunities and challenges

The application of the human rights to population's issues is not a new topic, but up to now it has not been deeply used in Latin America and the Caribbean. This article discusses the meaning of this application from a Latin American perspective. The work is structured in four parts. The first one briefly outlines what is understood as human rights. The second one describes the international system of human rights and its instruments. The third one describes the relationships between population's phenomena, development and human rights. Finally, the fourth part discusses the main opportunities and challenges that the application of human rights to population's phenomena outlines.