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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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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

Carlos Raferi Gomes Lopez x Guatemala

16 October 1996 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to health - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Guatemala

María Mejia v. Guatemala

16 October 1996 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | 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

Caso 10.975, Alejandro Piché Cuca

6 October 1993 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Countries: Guatemala

Alejandro Piché Cuca v. Guatemala

6 October 1993 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Effective remedy - Habeas corpus - Independence of judiciary - Single procedure | Countries: Guatemala

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