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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

The IACHR is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS). Its mandate is found in the OAS Charter and the American Convention on Human Rights. The IACHR represents all of the member States of the OAS. It has seven members who act independently, without representing any particular country. The members of the IACHR are elected by the General Assembly of the OAS. The IACHR is a permanent body which meets in ordinary and special sessions several times a year. The Executive Secretariat of the IACHR carries out the tasks delegated to it by the IACHR and provides legal and administrative support to the IACHR as it carries out its work.  Website: www.cidh.org
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Report No. 112/10 Inter-state Petition IP-02 Admissibility Franklin Guillermo Aisalla Molina (Ecuador-Colombia)

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:

John Doe et al v. Canada

21 July 2011 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Asylum policy - Deportation / Forcible return - Refoulement - Right to seek asylum - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Canada

Santo Domingo Massacre v. Colombia

8 July 2011 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Internal armed conflict - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

Wayne Smith, Hugo Armendariz, et al. v. United States

12 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Habitual residence - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: United States of America

Nelson Iván Serrano Sáenz v. Ecuador

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

Jorge Odir Miranda et al. v. El Salvador

20 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Equality before the law - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Right to health - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: El Salvador

Andrea Mortlock v. United States

Admissibility and Merits

25 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to health | Countries: United States of America

Leydi Dayán Sánchez v. Colombia

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Criminal justice - Effective protection - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

Martín Pelicó Coxic et al. v. Guatemala

15 October 2007 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Extrajudicial executions - Right to life | Countries: Guatemala

Miryam Eugenia Rua Figueroa et al. v. Colombia

27 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Effective remedy - Freedom of movement - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | Countries: Colombia

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