<Tr> <Th> Lead position ends </Th> <Td> 2018 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is an autonomous judicial institution based in the city of San José, Costa Rica . Together with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, it makes up the human rights protection system of the Organization of American States (OAS), which serves to uphold and promote basic rights and freedoms in the Americas . </P> <P> The Organization of American States established the Court in 1979 to enforce and interpret the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights . Its two main functions are thus adjudicatory and advisory . Under the former, it hears and rules on the specific cases of human rights violations referred to it . Under the latter, it issues opinions on matters of legal interpretation brought to its attention by other OAS bodies or member states . </P> <P> The adjudicatory function requires the Court to rule on cases brought before it in which a state party to the Convention, and thus has accepted its jurisdiction, is accused of a human rights violation . </P>

Who created the inter-american court of human rights in 1978