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Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR)

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which is an autonomous judicial institution of the Organization of American States established in 1979, and whose objective is the application and interpretation of the American Convention on Human Rights and other treaties concerning this same matter.  Website: www.corteidh.or.cr/
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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

Advisory Opinion OC-23/17 of November 15, 2017 Requested by the Republic of Colombia: The Environment and Human Rights

STATE OBLIGATIONS IN RELATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROTECTION AND GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHTS TO LIFE AND TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY: INTERPRETATION AND SCOPE OF ARTICLES 4(1) AND 5(1) IN RELATION TO ARTICLES 1(1) AND 2 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

15 November 2017 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Human rights courts - Human rights law | Countries: Colombia

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

Forneron and Daughter v. Argentina

27 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR)

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

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