Posts Tagged ‘Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos’
Intervention before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in follow-up to the situation of the Sarayaku people of Ecuador
Dejusticia, EarthRights International and the Foundation for Due Process presented an intervention before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the follow-up that this court is giving to the situation of the Sarayaku people of Ecuador.
Read MoreThe Olympic challenge of Abrão
In the next few days, the Brazilian lawyer Paulo Abrão will become the new executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. This is good news for the region given that his experience will be essential to face the multiple challenges of said organization.
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is facing a budget crisis provoked by member states of the Organization of American States that do not give it enough funds to do its job.
Read MoreFiscal Policy and Human Rights in the Americas: Mobilizing Resources to Guarantee Rights
Report written for the thematic hearing on Fiscal Policy and Human Rights of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Read MoreThe Ayotzinapa Group
Radio shows discussing opinion polls that showed that 97 percent of the population knows about the case, and 80 percent do not believe the version of the National Attorney General.
Read MoreRipe for the ICC?
It’s one thing for the massive deportation by the Venezuelan government to be a clear violation of international law, as I explained in my previous op-ed.
Read MoreRecognition with Redistribution: Ethno-Racial Law and Justice in Latin America
This Dejusticia book presents an analytical framework and an empirical panorama of the reality of indigenous and afro-descendant rights throughout the region. To this end, it traces trends, advances and tensions in the regulation of cultural diversity and ethnic-racial justice through the analysis of four themes
Read MoreXenophobic Racism?
“I’m not racist, but I don’t want Black immigrants in my country.”
Read MoreThe Uruguayan Formula for the Americas
Critics and defenders agree on two topics: the OAS should prioritize human rights and democracy in its work. This requires the difficult balancing act between technical verification and promotion of political dialogue. Precisely what the situations in Mexico and Venezuela need.
Read MoreWeakened OAS to Receive Almagro
The Organization of American States (OAS) was almost on the brink of announcing in newspapers “Looking for Secretary General for a prestigious international organization.”
Read MoreDid Petro´s Legal Novel Finally End?
One of the most popular arguments used to defend the national government´s position on the situation in Bogota, in particular the legal battle of Mayor Petro, is that the City was tired and needed an end to all the uncertainty.
Read MoreFrom Civilization to Barbarism
In the Law Faculty of the University of Antioquia there is a plaque (I guess it is still there today) honoring the judges who were murdered in 1985 in the Palace of Justice siege. It reads: “If the appearance of a judges signals the transition from a natural state to a civilized coexistente, their brutal sacrifice in the crossfire of intransigents is the most dramatic symbol of the return to the barbarism.”
Read MoreEcuador is Mistakenly following Venezuela’s Lead at the OAS
Despite the Ecuadorian foreign ministry’s optimistic pronouncement last month that the countries of the region were close to reaching a consensus about moving the headquarters of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), their peer States seem to feel differently.
Read MoreSabotaging Institutions
Inspector General Ordóñez has managed to achieve his ultimate objective: he has discredited the Constitution of 1991 and created a suitable environment for a constitutional reform.
Read MorePetro’s Options and the Inter-American System of Human Rights
The mayor has three possible lifesavers. One is political and highly unlikely – that the President will not execute the order. Another is legal and unpredictable – the outcome of the numerous “tutela” writs presented before the courts. And the other one is international – appealing to the Inter-American System. Will this last one work for him?
Read MoreMore on Petro’s Removal from Office
There is an crucial legal issue in Petro’s removal from office that has hardly been discussed. It is the following issue: Even if you accept that the Inspector General has the power to remove a mayor, it would have to be done through a rigorous and demanding process, that was not carried out in Petro’s case.
Read MoreUnqualified to Disqualify?
This is about a key decision in defining the powers of the Inspector General’s Office regarding political rights. In the debate about the removal from office of Bogota’s mayor and his disqualification from holding elected office imposed by the Inspector General, the decision but the Inter-American Court in a similar case in Venezuela has been mentioned a lot.
Read MoreThe Missing Persons of the Palace of Justice and the IACHR
It is contradictory for the Government to accept responsibility before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (ICHR) for two of the disappearances at the Palace of Justice and for the torture of two of the detainees, but then try to minimize its responsibility with regard to the other nine missing persons or the execution of Clerk Urán, by saying that what happened was a merely a governmental failure, but not a disappearance or execution.
Read MoreMore Salt Rubbed in the Wounds of the Victims of the Palace of Justice
In the Palace of Justice hearing, the government representatives gave with one hand what they took with the other.
Read MoreThe Government’s Legal Arguments in the Palace of Justice Case Re-victimizes the Victims
The government’s legal defense in the Palace of Justice case took an important turn toward decency when the lawyer Nieto Loaiza was taken off the case.
Read MoreSawhoyamaxa and the Struggle for Land
For the last 7 years, Paraguay has failed to comply with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ decision ordering land titles for their ancestral land to be granted to the Sawhoyamaxa indigenous community.
Read MoreCan the Inspector General remove Petro from office?
Two reasons why the answer would be “no”. It is practically a done deal the the Inspector General will apply disciplinary sanctions in Gustavo Petro’s case. The mayor will not only be removed from office, he will also be unable to hold public office for a good amount of time (10, 15, 18 years).
Read MoreAmicus brief before the Inter-American Court regarding access to information in Venezuela
Dejusticia presented an amicus brief in the case of Ríos y otros vs. Venezuela in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding violations of article 13 and 1.1 of the American Convention.
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