Abstract
There are many regional courts of justice in the world today. While three are dedicated to fundamental rights, most are part of an integrated regional organization, be it the European Union, the Andean Community or the Economic Community of West African States. These regional integration readings generally haveintegration as theirprimaryaim. In the case of the European Union, this translates into the quest for " ever closer union between the peoples of Europe " through the construction of a borderless internal market and an area of free movement of people. It is therefore easy to imagine that these regional courts' jurisprudence, like the jurisprudence of the foundations promoted by the Court of Justice of the European Union, consists above all in guaranteeing the effectiveness of regional standards and conferring rights on individuals and companies. However, the regional integration courts are also involved, each in their own way and on the basis of various instruments, in protecting fundamental rights " despite " - or sometimes by virtue of - their integration mandate. What are the factors, internal and external, legal and extra-legal, that explain this case law ? How did lectures designed to guarantee regional integration become lectures protecting fundamental rights ? Is it possible to identify a body of jurisprudence specific to the Global South that responds to the challenges common to this region, such as decolonization, the fight against poverty and inequality, or transitional justice ?
