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Inter-American Court orders the State of Nicaragua to release Monsignor Rolando José Álvarez Lagos immediately

 

San José, June 28, 2023. Today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has served notice to the State of Nicaragua of the order it has adopted on Provisional Measures in favor of Monsignor Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, Bishop of Matagalpa, requiring his immediate release.

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  • Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos realizó visita oficial al Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia

    San José, Costa Rica, junio 10 de 2025. – Una delegación de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos visitó el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia del 2 al 4 de junio de 2025, con el propósito participar en el Seminario “Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos” y sostener reuniones con diversas autoridades estatales. 

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  • Updated versions of the case Law Bulletins of the Inter-American Court nos. 11 and 14, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, and Non-Discrimination

    San José, Costa Rica, June 6, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is pleased to announce the updating to March 2025 of the following case law bulletins:  

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  • The Inter-American Court of Human Rights to hold its 177th Regular Session

    San José, Costa Rica, June 6, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold its 177th regular session from June 9 to 13, 2025, virtually. During this session, the Court will conduct deliberations and evidentiary procedures in two cases.

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  • The Inter-American Court of Human Rights holds its 176th Regular Session

    San José, Costa Rica, June 5, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held its 176th regular session from May 19 to 30, 2025, in a hybrid form. During the session, it held hearings and deliberations, and discussed urgent matters. The first week took place with the presence of the judges in Guatemala City, Guatemala, with the activities described previously here, while the second week was conducted virtually.

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  • Extension of the deadline for receiving observations on the request for an Advisory Opinion presented by the Republic of Guatemala

    San José, Costa Rica, June 3, 2025. On December 6, 2024, the Republic of Guatemala presented a request for an advisory opinion on Democracy and its protection under the inter-American system of human rights to the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in accordance with Article 64(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights.

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  • The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has held a Regular Session in Guatemala

    San José, Costa Rica, May 30, 2025. From May 19 to 23, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the first week of work corresponding to its 176th regular session in Guatemala City. This was possible thanks to an invitation from the Government of the Republic of Guatemala, with the support of the Presidential Commission for Peace and Human Rights (COPADEH), as the local organizing body.

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  • TThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights inaugurates the fourth Edition of the “Semillero Latinoamericano: Making the Inter-American Court of Human Rights accessible to young people”

    San José, Costa Rica, mayo 30 de 2025 –El pasado 24 de mayo fue inaugurada la IV Edición del “Semillero Latinoamericano: Acercando a las y los jóvenes a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos” (Semillero LATAM), una iniciativa regional conjunta del Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, el Programa Estado de Derecho para Latinoamérica de la Fundación Konrad Adenauer y el Centro de Formación de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.

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  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights translates key judgments into english and portuguese thanks to the support of Sweden

    San José, Costa Rica, May 28, 2025 - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), has made available on its website the translation of 14 judgments into English and 2 judgments into Portuguese, issued by the Court in 2022 and 2023. The documents were translated between January and December 2024.

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  • Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y el Colegio de Profesionales en Psicología imparten curso sobre acompañamiento psicológico a personas declarantes

    San José, Costa Rica, mayo 26 de 2025. – El Centro de Formación de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y el Colegio de Profesionales en Psicología de Costa Rica (CCPCR), se encuentran desarrollando, desde el 8 de mayo al 10 de julio de 2025, la II edición del “Curso especializado de acompañamiento psicológico para personas declarantes ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos”.

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  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Rafael Landívar University launch seminar on Jurisprudence and Human Rights

    Guatemala City, May 20, 2025. – As part of the 176th Regular Session, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held, on May 19, the international seminar “Jurisprudential lines of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and their impact” in collaboration with Universidad Rafael Landívar, seat of the event.

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  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights inaugurated its 176th Regular Session in Guatemala

    Guatemala City, May 19, 2025.– On Monday, May 19, at the emblematic Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, the opening ceremony of the 176th Regular Session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights was held, with the participation of high-level national and international authorities. 

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  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights announces call for applications for the Internship and Professional Visits Program for the period from september to december 2025

    San José, Costa Rica, May 15, 2025.- The Internship and Professional Visits Program of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is opening the call for applications for the period from September to December 2025.

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  • The second Edition of the International Course “Compliance with Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and public policies for their implementation” has been completed

    San José, Costa Rica, mayo 14 de 2025. El 9 de mayo culminó la 2° Edición del Curso Internacional “Cumplimiento de Sentencias de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y políticas públicas para su implementación”. Esta segunda edición del Curso Internacional, que inició en marzo de 2025, fue organizada por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y el Instituto de Políticas Públicas en Derechos Humanos del MERCOSUR (IPPDH), en el marco de un Convenio suscrito entre ambas instituciones.

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  • Update of the Jurisprudence Journal of the I/A Court hr no. 10 and 21: Personal Integrity and Right to Life

    San José, Costa Rica, May 9, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is pleased to communicate the update as of March 2025 of the following jurisprudence journals: 

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  • Inter-American Court visited Chile to Monitor Compliance with Judgments

    San José, Costa Rica, May 12, 2025. – A delegation of the Inter-American Court and its Registrar’s Office visited Santiago, Chile, from May 5 to 7, 2025, to hold private hearings on monitoring compliance with judgment in four cases regarding Chile, meet with several State authorities and hold a roundtable on national mechanisms for the implementation of the Court’s judgments. 

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  • The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will visit Guatemala to hold its 176th Regular Session

    San José, Costa Rica, May 6, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will visit Guatemala from May 19 to 23, 2025, to hold its 176th regular session. Then, from May 26 to 30, the Court will sit virtually in order to deliberate on its decisions.

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  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights held its 175th Regular Session

    San José, Costa Rica, mayo 5 de 2025. – La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebró, entre el 22 de abril y el 2 de mayo de 2025, su 175 Período Ordinario de Sesiones de forma virtual, en el cual se llevaron a cabo audiencias y deliberaciones.

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  • Update of the Jurisprudence Journal of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights No. 7, 23 and 33: Control of Conventionality, Corruption and Human Rights, and Preliminary Objections

    San José, Costa Rica, April 30, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is pleased to communicate the update as of March 2025 of the following jurisprudence journals:

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  • Publication of the Jurisprudence Journal of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights no. 42: the Human Rights of persons with disabilities

    San José, Costa Rica, April 25, 2025.-?The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is pleased to announce the publication of the new jurisprudence journal, which addresses general aspects of disabilities that allow clarifying the bases from which jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court is developed, treats conceptual and regulatory aspects, the situation of vulnerability often experienced by persons with disability, the social model as basis of analysis and the consequences of State obligations.?? 

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  • Se presenta Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos interpretada e ilustrada por y para niños, niñas y adolescentes de América Latina y el Caribe

    San José, Costa Rica, abril 22 de 2025— Hoy la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Conamaj y la Fundación Paniamor presentaron la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos interpretada e ilustrada por y para niños, niñas y adolescentes de América Latina y el Caribe, en la sede de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica. Un esfuerzo colaborativo que concluyó en un documento enriquecedor desde la perspectiva de la niñez y las adolescencias.

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