Case Law

THE INSTITUTION OF ASYLUM AND ITS RECOGNITION AS A HUMAN RIGHT IN THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM OF PROTECTION (INTERPRETATION AND SCOPE OF ARTICLES 5, 22.7 AND 22.8 IN RELATION TO ARTICLE 1(1) OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS)

30 May 2018 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to seek asylum | Countries: Ecuador

14 August 2014 | Judicial Body: Ecuador: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): 1984 Cartagena Declaration - Constitutional law - Refugees | Countries: Ecuador

8 July 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Right to family life | Countries: Ecuador - Switzerland

21 October 2011 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military operations - Right to justice - Right to life | Countries:

Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs.

23 November 2010 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Immigration Detention - Migrant rights - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Ecuador - Panama

6 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Equal opportunities - Equality before the law - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Residence permits / Residency - Right to a nationality - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Ecuador

5 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Ecuador: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Refugees - Right to life | Countries: Colombia - Ecuador

10 August 2006 | Judicial Body: Ecuador: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Constitutional law - Non-refoulement - Non-state agents of persecution - Refugee / Asylum law - Refugees | Countries: Colombia - Ecuador

15 May 2006 | Judicial Body: Ecuador: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Non-refoulement - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugees | Countries: Colombia - Ecuador

11 May 2006 | Judicial Body: Ecuador: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Combatants / Former combatants - Constitutional law - Expulsion - Refugees | Countries: Colombia - Ecuador