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Completion of the First International Course “Compliancewith the Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights And Public Polices For Their Implementaion"

 

San José, Costa Rica, March 1, 2024.- On February 23, 2024, the International Course “Compliance with the Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Public Policies for their implementation” concluded successfully. The first edition of this International Course, which began in November 2023, was organized by the I/A Court H.R. and the Mercosur Institute of Public Policies (IPPDH) as part of an Agreement subscribed by the institutions

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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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  • La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará su 173 Periodo Ordinario de Sesiones

    San José, Costa Rica, marzo 14 de 2025. La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará, entre el 17 y 28 de marzo de 2025, su 173 Periodo Ordinario de Sesiones de forma híbrida, con actividades presenciales y virtuales, en el cual llevará a cabo audiencias y deliberaciones.

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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

    San José, Costa Rica, 11 de marzo 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 Muniz da Silva y otros Vs. Brasil, por la desaparición forzada del Almir Muniz da Silva, trabajador rural, y defensor de los derechos de los trabajadores rurales en el estado de Paraíba. Además, declaró la responsabilidad del Estado por la falta de debida diligencia en la investigación de estos hechos y en la búsqueda de la víctima, así como por la violación de los derechos a la verdad, a defender derechos humanos, a la integridad personal, a la protección a la familia y a los derechos de la niñez. En consecuencia, el Tribunal determinó la violación de los artículos 3, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 13, 16.1, 17, 19 y 25.1 de la Convención Americana, en relación con sus artículos 1.1 y 2 del mismo instrumento.

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  • La Presidenta de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos: "Cuando el Estado no actúa con la debida diligencia frente a una denuncia o sospecha por violencia de género se convierte en cómplice de la discriminación y la impunidad"

    Madrid, España, marzo 5 de 2025. El Tribunal Constitucional ha reivindicado el papel protagonista que las mujeres juristas han tenido y tienen en el avance de la igualdad de género y de la democracia en todo el mundo, con una conferencia magistral de la Presidenta de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), Nancy Hernández López, con motivo de la conmemoración del Día de la Mujer.

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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, marzo 4 de 2025. En la sentencia del caso Carrión González y otros Vs. Nicaragua, notificada el día de hoy, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos declaró al Estado de Nicaragua responsable internacionalmente por la falta de debida diligencia y perspectiva de género en la investigación penal de la muerte potencialmente ilícita con indicios de feminicidio de la señora Dina Alexandra Carrión González; la falta de debida diligencia en los procesos relativos al contacto entre el hijo de Dina Alexandra Carrión González y sus abuelos maternos; la falta de investigación de las amenazas recibidas por una de las hermanas de Dina Alexandra, presuntamente relacionadas con su impulso a la investigación de lo ocurrido; y por los impactos de la impunidad en los familiares de la señora 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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  • Nicaragua is responsible for the violation of the political rights of Fabio Gadea Mantilla, presidential candidate of the November 2011 elections

    San José, Costa Rica, January 23, 2025. In the judgment notified today in the case of Gadea Mantilla v. Nicaragua, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared the international responsibility of the State of Nicaragua for the violation of the right to participate in government, judicial guarantees and judicial protection of Fabio Gadea Mantilla during the presidential elections of 2011. The Court concluded that the lack of integrity of the electoral process favored the reelection of President Daniel Ortega. In addition, it concluded that the Supreme Court of Justice and the Supreme Electoral Council showed bias and did not guarantee an effective judicial remedy to review the decisions that questioned the irregularities of the proceedings.

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  • Ecuador is responsible for violating the rights to personal liberty and due process of three individuals subjected to criminal proceedings

    San José, Costa Rica, January 23, 2025. In the judgment in the case of Reyes Mantilla et al. v. Ecuador, notified today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared that the State of Ecuador is internationally responsible for the illegal and arbitrary detention of Walter Ernesto Reyes Mantilla, Vicente Hipólito Arce Ronquillo and José Frank Serrano Barrera, the victims. Moreover, it determined that the preventive detention measures applied to them entailed a violation of the rights to personal liberty, presumption of innocence, equal protection and non-discrimination. It also concluded that there was a violation of the rights to judicial guarantees and judicial protection in the criminal proceedings against them and determined that they were victims of inhumane and degrading treatment due to the aggressions and threats during the time that they were detained.

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