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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Leydi Dayán Sánchez v. Colombia 23 July 2008 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Children's rights - Criminal justice - Effective protection - Right to life \| Countries: Colombia
Martín Pelicó Coxic et al. v. Guatemala 15 October 2007 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Criminal justice - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Extrajudicial executions - Right to life \| Countries: Guatemala
Nueva Venecia Massacre v. Colombia 21 October 2006 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Document type: Case Law \| 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) \| Document type: Case Law \| 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) \| Document type: Case Law \| 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
Victor Nicolas Sanchez et al. (Operation Gatekeeper) v. United States Inadmissibility 27 October 2005 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Border controls - Border crossers - Right to life \| Countries: United States of America
120 Cuban Nationals and 8 Haitian Nationals Detained in The Bahamas Admissibilty Petition 12.071 27 February 2002 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Equality before the law - Immigration Detention - Refugee / Asylum law - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Right to seek asylum \| Countries: Bahamas
María Mejia v. Guatemala 16 October 1996 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Document type: Case Law \| 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
Victims of the Tugboat '13 de Marzo' v. Cuba 16 October 1996 \| Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Flight by land, air or sea - HIV and AIDS - Rescue at sea / Interception at sea - Right to life - Smuggling of persons \| Countries: Cuba

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