Ecuador is Responsible for the Violation of the Right to Freedom of Expression of a Member of the Armed Forces in a Complaint Regarding Alleged Facts of Corruption

San José, Costa Rica, March 22, 2024.- In the Judgment in the Case of Viteri Ungaretti et al. v. Ecuador, notified today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared the State of Ecuador responsible for the sanctions imposed on Julio Rogelio Viteri Ungaretti as a result of a complaint of alleged facts of corruption in the armed forces, and concluded that the State violated the rights to freedom of thought and expression, personal liberty to not be subjected to arbitrary detention and to recur to a judge regarding the legality of his detention. Moreover, the Court declared the violation of Mr. Viteri’s right to job security, as well as the violation of several rights of his next of kin.

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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 176^th 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 176^th 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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La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos visitó Chile para actividades de Supervisión de Cumplimiento de Sentencia

San José, Costa Rica, mayo 12 de 2025. – Una delegación de la Corte Interamericana y su Secretaría efectuó una visita a Santiago, Chile los días 5 a 7 de mayo de 2025, con el propósito de realizar audiencias privadas de supervisión de cumplimiento de sentencias de cuatro casos de Chile, sostener reuniones con diversas autoridades estatales y efectuar una mesa redonda sobre mecanismos nacionales de implementación de Sentencias del Tribunal.

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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 176^th 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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La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará su 175 Período Ordinario de Sesiones

San José, Costa Rica, abril 21 de 2025. – La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará entre el 22 de abril y el 2 de mayo de 2025 su 175 Período Ordinario de Sesiones de forma virtual, en la cual se llevarán a cabo audiencias y deliberaciones.

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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 173^rd 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 173^rd 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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Ecuador is Responsible for the Violation of the Right to Freedom of Expression of a Member of the Armed Forces in a Complaint Regarding Alleged Facts of Corruption

Previous press releases

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

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

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

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

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

La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos visitó Chile para actividades de Supervisión de Cumplimiento de Sentencia

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

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

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

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

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

La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará su 175 Período Ordinario de Sesiones

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

La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos presenta su Informe Anual 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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”