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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Nueva Venecia Massacre v. Colombia
21 October 2006 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Gross, systematic and large-scale - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Right to life | Countries: Colombia |
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María Mejia v. Guatemala
16 October 1996 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Disappeared persons - Extrajudicial executions - Gross, systematic and large-scale - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Guatemala |
