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Brazil is responsible for violating the rights to truth, to protection, and to a fair trial and humane treatment of the family of a human rights defender

 

San José, Costa Rica, October 4, 2022. In the Judgment notified today in the Case of Sales Pimenta v. Brazil, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found the State of Brazil internationally responsible for the violation of rights to a fair trial, judicial protection, the right to truth and humane treatment to the detriment of the family of human rights defender Gabriel Sales Pimenta, as a result of the State’s serious shortcomings in the investigation into his violent death and the situation of absolute impunity in which the homicide remains to date. This led the Court to conclude, inter alia, that Brazil did not comply with its obligation to act with enhanced due diligence in the investigation of the murder of Mr. Sales Pimenta, in violation of Articles 8(1), 25 and 1(1) of the American Convention.

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  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights held its 173rd Regular Session

    San José, Costa Rica, April 9, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held its 173rd Regular Session from March 17 to 27, 2025, in hybrid format, including hearings, deliberations and the discussion of urgent matters.

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  • La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos presenta su Informe Anual 2024

    Washington D.C., abril 3, 2025. – La Presidenta de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Jueza Nancy Hernández López, presentó hoy ante la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos y Políticos de la OEA el Informe Anual de la Corte IDH de 2024.

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  • The Inter-American Court of Human Rights receives a request for an Advisory Opinion presented by the Republic of Guatemala

    San José, Costa Rica, March 26, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights advises that it has received a request for an advisory opinion on democracy and its protection under the inter-American system of human rights, presented by the Republic of Guatemala.

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  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold its 173rd Regular Session

    San José, Costa Rica, March 14, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold its 173rd Regular Session from March 17 to 28, 2025, in hybrid format, with both virtual and in-person activities, including hearings and deliberations.

     

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  • For the First Time, the I/A Court H.R. Rules on the Scope of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation in the Case of The Tagaeri and Taromenane Peoples Vs. Ecuador

    San José, Costa Rica, March 13, 2025. In the ruling, notified today, in the case of the Indigenous Peoples Tagaeri and Taromenane vs. Ecuador, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared the international responsibility of the State of Ecuador for violations of the rights to collective property, self-determination, a dignified life, health, food, cultural identity, a healthy environment, housing, life, judicial guarantees, and judicial protection to the detriment of the Tagaeri and Taromenane Peoples and other Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation ("PIAV") inhabiting the western Ecuadorian Amazon Forrest. Additionally, it declared state responsibility for violations of the rights to personal integrity, personal freedom, honor, dignity, protection of the family, childhood, identity, mobility and residence, cultural identity, health, and judicial guarantees to the detriment of two girls from these peoples at the time of the events.

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  • Brasil es responsable por incumplir su obligación de proteger los derechos de las comunidades quilombolas de Alcântara

    San José, Costa Rica, 13 de marzo de 2025. En la sentencia notificada hoy en el caso Comunidades Quilombolas de Alcântara Vs. Brasil, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos – Corte IDH declaró responsable internacionalmente al Estado de Brasil por violaciones a los derechos humanos de 171 comunidades quilombolas ubicadas en el municipio de Alcântara, Maranhão, por diversas afectaciones a su derecho a la propiedad comunal así como por la afectación de otros derechos. Concretamente, la Corte declaró la violación de los derechos a la propiedad colectiva, a la libre circulación y residencia, a la libre determinación, a la consulta previa, libre e informada, afectaciones al proyecto de vida colectivo, violación a los derechos a la protección a la familia, a la alimentación y vivienda adecuadas, a la educación, a la igualdad ante la ley, a la prohibición de discriminar con base en la raza y la posición socioeconómica, a las garantías judiciales y a la protección judicial, en perjuicio de las Comunidades Quilombolas de Alcântara.

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  • Brasil es responsable por la desaparición forzada de un trabajador rural y un defensor de los derechos humanos

    American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court HR) found the State of Brazil internationally responsible in the case of Muniz da Silva et al. v. Brazil, for the forced disappearance of Almir Muniz da Silva, rural worker and human rights defender of the rural workers in the state of Paraíba. Moreover, it declared the responsibility of the State for the lack of due diligence in the investigation of the facts and search for the victim, as well as the violation of the rights to the truth, to defend human rights, personal integrity, rights of the family and rights of the child. Consequently, the Court determined the violation of Articles 3, 4(1), 5(1), 7(1), 8(1), 13, 16(1), 17, 19 and 25(1) of the American Convention, in relation to Articles 1(1) and 2 thereof.

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  • The President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: “When the State does not act with due diligence when there is a complaint or suspicion of gender violence it becomes an accomplice to discrimination and impunity”

    Madrid, Spain, March 5, 2025. The Constitutional Court has reasserted the key role of female jurists in advancing gender equality and democracy at a global level with a keynote speech by the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court HR), Nancy Hernández López, in celebration of Women’s Day.

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  • Nicaragua es responsable internacionalmente por la falta de debida diligencia reforzada en la investigación de una muerte potencialmente ilícita con indicios de feminicidio

    San José, Costa Rica, March 4, 2025. In the judgment in the case of Carrión González et al. v. Nicaragua, notified today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared the State of Nicaragua internationally responsible for the lack of due diligence and gender perspective in the criminal investigation into the potentially unlawful death, with indications of femicide, of Dina Alexandra Carrión González; the lack of due diligence in the proceedings regarding contact between Dina Alexandra Carrión González’s son and his maternal grandparents; the lack of investigation into the threats received by one of Dina Alexandra’s sisters, allegedly related to her promoting the investigation of the facts; and the impact of the impunity on the next of kin of Ms. Carrión González. 

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  • Ecuador es responsable por violación a la obligación de informar del derecho a solicitar asistencia consular

    San José, Costa Rica, marzo 3 de 2025. En la sentencia, notificada hoy, en el caso Gattass Sahih Vs. Ecuador, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos declaró la responsabilidad internacional del Estado de Ecuador por la violación al derecho a la información sobre la asistencia consular, en perjuicio de Elías Gattass Sahih. Tal violación derivó de la omisión por parte del Estado de informar, en la etapa procesal correspondiente, al señor Gattass Sahih de su derecho a solicitar asistencia consular.

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  • The I/A Court HR and MERCOSUR's IPPDH Announce the List of Individuals Selected to Participate in the Second Edition of the International Course "Compliance with the Judgements of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Public Policies for Their Implementation"

    San José, Costa Rica, February 28, 2025. The I/A Court HR and the Mercosur Institute of Public Policies (IPPDH) announce the list of the individuals selected to participate in the second edition of the international course “Compliance with the Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Public Policies for their Implementation.”

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  • Brasil es responsable por falta de debida diligencia reforzada en la investigación de hechos de discriminación racial en contra de dos trabajadoras afrodescendientes

    San José, Costa Rica, febrero 20 de 2025. En la sentencia notificada hoy, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos – Corte IDH, encontró responsable internacionalmente al Estado de Brasil en el caso Dos Santos Nascimento y Ferreira Gomes Vs. Brasil, por la falta de debida diligencia reforzada en la investigación de la violación del derecho a la igualdad y la no discriminación por razón de raza y color sufrida por Neusa dos Santos Nascimento y Gisele Ana Ferreira Gomes.  

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  • Brazil is responsible for the lack of due diligence and violation of the right to the truth in the investigation of the murder of a rural worker

    San José, Costa Rica, February 18, 2025. - In the judgment notified today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court HR) found the State of Brazil internationally responsible in the case of Da Silva et al. v. Brazil for the lack of due diligence and the violation of the guarantee to a reasonable term in the criminal proceedings initiated regarding the murder of Manoel Luiz da Silva in 1997. The Court declared the State internationally responsible for the violation of the rights to the truth and personal integrity to the detriment of the victim’s next of kin.

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  • Chile is internationally responsible for the death of 10 adolescents in a fire at a detention center and the detention conditions of 271 adolescents held in four facilities run by the National Children’s Service

    San José, Costa Rica, February 18, 2025. In the judgment in the case of Adolescents Held in Short- and Long-term Detention Facilities run by the National Children's Service (SENAME) v. Chile, notified today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared the international responsibility of the Republic of Chile for the violation of the right to life, right to personal integrity and rights of the child to the detriment of 10 adolescents who died in a fire on October 21, 2007, at the short-term detention center “Tiempo de Crecer” in Puerto Montt and the violation of the right to personal integrity of their next of kin. It also found the State responsible for the violation of several rights of 271 adolescents that were held, during different periods between 2006 and 2009, at the short- and long-term detention facilities Lihuén, Antuhue, San Bernardo, and “Tiempo de Crecer” managed by SENAME, due to the conditions of their detention.

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  • La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebró su 172 Período Ordinario de Sesiones

    San José, Costa Rica, febrero 14 de 2025. La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebró entre el 27 de enero y el 12 de febrero de 2025 su 172 Período Ordinario de Sesiones de forma híbrida, en el cual se realizaron audiencias, deliberaciones y se discutieron asuntos urgentes. 

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  • Ecuador es responsable por actos de tortura que causaron la muerte de una persona detenida

    San José, Costa Rica, febrero 11 de 2025. En la sentencia del caso Aguas Acosta y otros Vs. Ecuador, notificada hoy, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos declaró que el Estado del Ecuador es responsable internacionalmente por los hechos de tortura que resultaron en la muerte de Aníbal Alonso Aguas Acosta. Asimismo, la Corte determinó la violación de diversos derechos en perjuicio de los familiares del señor Aguas Acosta.  

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  • The I/A Court H.R and the MERCOSUR Institute of Public Policies (IPPDH) open the registration for the second edition of the International Course

     San José, Costa Rica, February 3, 2025. The I/A Court HR and the Mercosur Institute of Public Policies (IPPDH) invite all those interested to register for the second edition of the international course “Compliance with the Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Public Policies for their Implementation.”

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  • Ecuador is internationally responsible for the violation of the rights to judicial guarantees, judicial protection and work, to the detriment of an employee of the National Fisheries Institute

    San José, Costa Rica, January 30, 2025. - In the judgment in the Case of Peralta Armijos v. Ecuador, notified today, the Inter-American Court declared the State of Ecuador responsible for the violation of the rights to judicial guarantees, judicial protection and work, to the detriment of Félix Humberto Peralta Armijos, former employee of the National Fisheries Institute (now the Public Institute for Research on Aquaculture and Fishing).

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  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights announces the results of the photography contest

    San José, Costa Rica, January 29, 2025. – Yesterday, during the Opening Ceremony of Inter-American Judicial Year 2025, the winners of the photography contest “Focusing on Rights: a photographic journey along with the I/A Court HR,” organized as part of the 45th Anniversary of the Court, were announced. The winners, chosen from more than 150 regional participants, portrayed in their photographs themes such as memory, immigration and displacement.

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  • The Inter-American Court of Human Rights celebrated the beginning of Judicial Year 2025

    San José, Costa Rica, January 27, 2025. –  The Opening Ceremony of Inter-American Judicial Year 2025 was held today, in which the new judges of the Inter-American Court for the period from 2025-2030, Judge Alberto Borea Odría and Judge Diego Moreno Rodríguez, assumed their position.

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