Case Law

23 July 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Gang related violence - Indigenous persons - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

4 September 2012 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Freedom of religion - Indigenous persons - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Guatemala

4 February 2010 | Judicial Body: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights | Topic(s): Endorois - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Indigenous persons - Right to development - Right to health | Countries: Kenya

3 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Indigenous persons - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

3 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Indigenous persons - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

The Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the Ley 1152 de 2007, “por la cual se dicta el Estatuto de Desarrollo Rural, se reforma el Instituto Colombiano de Desarrollo Rural, Incoder, y se dictan otras disposiciones”.

18 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Afro-Colombians - Indigenous persons - Minority rights - Right to development | Countries: Colombia

Sentencia de 4 de julio de 2007.

4 July 2007 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Indigenous persons - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

4 July 2007 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Indigenous persons - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

11 April 2002 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Afro-Colombians - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Indigenous persons - Internal armed conflict - Property restitution | Countries: Colombia

8 March 2002 | Judicial Body: Costa Rica: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Indigenous persons - Right to family life | Countries: Costa Rica - Nicaragua