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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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The Massacres of El Mozote and nearby places v. El Salvador

25 October 2012 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Document type: Case Law | 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) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children's rights - Freedom of religion - Indigenous persons - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Guatemala

Caso Chitay Nech y Otros vs Guatemala

25 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Document type: Case Law | 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) | Document type: Case Law | 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) | Document type: Case Law | 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) | Document type: Case Law | 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) | Document type: Case Law | 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) | Document type: Case Law | 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) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Indigenous persons - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

Case of Kawas-Fernández v. Honduras Judgment of April 3, 2009

3 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Freedom of assembly and association - Human rights law - Right to justice - Right to life | Countries: Honduras

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