Case Law

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

Abduction 6
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Arbitrary arrest and detention 1
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 1
Cessation clauses 1
Children's rights 19
Children-at-risk 3
Citizenship / Nationality law 4
Civil and political rights 1
Civil rights legislation 1
Civil war 2
Country of origin information (COI) 2
Crimes against humanity 2
Criminal justice 12
Death penalty 1
Denial of nationality 2
Denial of refugee status 1
Deportation / Forcible return 2
Disappeared persons 9
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 5
Effective remedy 1
Equality before the law 3
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 2
Expulsion 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 20
Freedom of assembly and association 3
Freedom of expression 7
Freedom of information 1
Freedom of movement 3
Freedom of religion 1
Gross, systematic and large-scale 3
Habeas corpus 1
Haitians 5
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 7
Human rights activists 6
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 18
Human rights courts 7
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
Immigration Detention 2
Impunity 3
Independence of judiciary 1
Indigenous persons 5
Internal armed conflict 1
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 6
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
Migrant rights 6
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Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 3
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Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
Regional instruments 1
Right to a nationality 2
Right to family life 8
Right to justice 10
Right to liberty and security 28
Right to life 30
Right to seek asylum 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 26
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 1
State protection 1
Statelessness 3
Terrorism 2
Torture 1
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 4
Travel documents 2
Voluntary repatriation 1
Women-at-risk 1

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Case 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
Gomes-Lund et al. (Guerrilha do Araguaia) v. Brazil Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs. 24 November 2010 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Disappeared persons - Freedom of information - Impunity - Right to justice - Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) \| Countries: Brazil
Caso Vélez Loor vs. Panamá 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
Caso Chitay Nech y Otros vs Guatemala 25 May 2010 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Disappeared persons - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness \| Countries: Guatemala
Case of Chitay Nech et al. vs Guatemala 25 May 2010 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Disappeared persons - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness \| Countries: Guatemala
Case of the "Las Dos Erres" Massacre v. Guatemala 24 November 2009 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Children's rights - Criminal justice - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict - Reconciliation - Right to family life - Right to life \| Countries: Guatemala
González et al. ("Cotton Field") v. Mexico 16 November 2009 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Criminal justice - Disappeared persons - Right to life - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Mexico
Case of Dacosta-Cadogan v. Barbados 24 September 2009 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) \| Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life \| Countries: Barbados
Medidas Provisionales Pueblo Indígena Kankuamo 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
Provisional Measures Pueblo Indígena de Kankuamo 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

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