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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Report No. 112/10 Inter-state Petition IP-02 Admissibility Franklin Guillermo Aisalla Molina (Ecuador-Colombia) 21 October 2011 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military operations - Right to justice - Right to life \| Countries:
Jorge Odir Miranda et al. v. El Salvador 20 March 2009 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Topic(s): Equality before the law - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Right to health - Right to liberty and security - Right to life \| Countries: El Salvador
Andrea Mortlock v. United States Admissibility and Merits 25 July 2008 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Topic(s): Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to health \| Countries: United States of America
Nueva Venecia Massacre v. Colombia 21 October 2006 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| 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
Marino López et al v. Colombia 21 October 2006 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Topic(s): Criminal justice - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life \| Countries: Colombia
El Mozote Massacre v. El Salvador 2 March 2006 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Topic(s): Children's rights - Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Internal armed conflict - Right to liberty and security - Right to life \| Countries: El Salvador
Benedito Tide Méndez et. Al v. Dominican Republic 13 October 2005 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Topic(s): Denial of nationality - Deportation / Forcible return - Equality before the law - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Involuntary repatriation - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Voluntary repatriation \| Countries: Dominican Republic
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) \| 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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