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Venezuela is responsible for the arbitrary detention and violation of the judicial guarantees of retired general Jesús Poggioli Pérez

 

San José, Costa Rica, October 3, 2024. - In the Judgment in the Case of Poggioli Pérez v. Venezuela, notified today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared the State of Venezuela responsible for the violation of the rights to personal liberty, personal integrity, protection of honor, judicial guarantees and judicial protection, to the detriment of Ovidio Jesús Poggioli Pérez, Brigadier General retired from the Venezuelan Army, due to the illegal and arbitrary detention as well as the violation of due process that the victim was subject to in two proceedings before the criminal military jurisdiction.

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  • Actualización de los Cuadernillos de Jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Nros. 10 y 21, Integridad Personal y Derecho a la Vida

    San José, Costa Rica, mayo 9 de 2025. La Corte Interamericana tiene el agrado de comunicar la actualización a marzo de 2025 de los siguientes Cuadernillos de Jurisprudencia:

     

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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 9 de 2025. – La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos realizó una visita a la República de Chile, del 5 al 7 de mayo de 2025, en el marco de sus funciones de supervisión de cumplimiento de sentencia. La visita tuvo como eje central la celebración de audiencias privadas en cuatro casos para monitorear, junto a representantes del Estado, víctimas y sus representantes, el grado de avance en la implementación de las medidas de reparación ordenadas por el Tribunal. En el marco de esta visita, también se sostuvieron reuniones institucionales y se organizó una mesa regional de diálogo interinstitucional. 

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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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  • La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebró su 175 Período Ordinario de Sesiones

    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 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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