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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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Miryam Eugenia Rua Figueroa et al. v. Colombia

27 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | 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

Sebastián Echaniz Alcorta and Juan Víctor Galarza Mendiola v. Venezuela

15 March 2006 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Equality before the law - Freedom of expression - Freedom of movement - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Venezuela

Cecilia Rosana Nuñez Chipana v. Venezuela

Inadmissibility

24 October 2005 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Equality before the law - Freedom of movement - Residence permits / Residency | Countries: Venezuela

Rumaldo Juan Pachco Osco, Frida Pacheco Tineo, Juana Guadalupe Pacheco Tineo and Juan Ricardo Pacheco Tineo v. Bolivia

13 October 2004 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children's rights - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of movement - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Right to health - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Bolivia

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