Case Law

Case Law includes national and international jurisprudential decisions. Administrative bodies and tribunals are included.

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ADVISORY OPINION OC-25/18 OF 30 MAY 2018 REQUESTED BY THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR 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
Caso Personas dominicanas y haitianas expulsadas vs. República Dominicana 28 August 2014 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Expulsion - Haitians - Statelessness \| Countries: Dominican Republic
Advisory Opinion OC-21/14, "Rights and Guarantees of Children in the Context of Migration and/or in Need of International Protection" 19 August 2014 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Children's rights - Migrant rights - Migrants - Non-refoulement - Right to family life - Right to seek asylum
Advisory Opinion OC-21/14 of August 19, 2014 requested by the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay: Rights and Guarantees of Children in the Context of Migration and/or in Need of International Protection 19 August 2014 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Asylum-migration nexus - Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Immigration Detention - International protection - Migrant rights - Migrants - Non-refoulement - Prison or detention conditions - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness
Caso Familia Pacheco Tineo vs Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Summary of the Judgment 25 November 2013 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Legal Instrument: 1969 American Convention on Human Rights \| Topic(s): Access to procedures - Cessation clauses - Denial of refugee status - International protection - Non-refoulement - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Regional instruments - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - State protection - Voluntary repatriation \| Countries: Bolivia
The Massacres of El Mozote and nearby places v. El Salvador 25 October 2012 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Children's rights - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Peace process - Property restitution - Right to life - Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) \| Countries: El Salvador
Río Negro Massacres v. Guatemala 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
Caso Atala Riffo y Niñas vs. Chile 24 February 2012 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Legal Instrument: 1969 American Convention on Human Rights \| Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Prevention of discrimination \| Countries: Chile
Caso Loayza Tamayo vs Perú 1 July 2011 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness \| Countries: Peru
Caso Gelman vs. Uruguay 24 February 2011 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Disappeared persons - Impunity - Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) \| Countries: Uruguay

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