Daniel Cerqueira* and Ana Elisa Samayoa** Leer en español aquí. A few weeks ago, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACt-HR) published two judgments on the cases of the Maya Q’eqchi’ Indigenous Community of Agua Caliente vs. Guatemala and the Garifuna Community of San Juan and its Members vs. Honduras, related to the lack of demarcation, titling and dispossession […]
Astrid Puentes* Leer en español aquí. This article was first published here. On March 22 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights released a historic and long awaited decision in the case of the people of La Oroya v. Peru. At last, the people who since 2005 have sought in the Inter-American System the justice they did not […]
The Inter-American Court must decide whether the misuse of the conventionality control circumvents the power of the constitutional bodies Daniel Cerqueira* Versión en español aquí. Ver versões em português. In the next few months, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court) shall issue an advisory opinion in order to clarify whether presidential reelection is a right arising […]
Angel Cabrera*, Daniel Cerqueira**, and Salvador Herencia-Carrasco*** Versión en español aquí. On 6 February, 2020, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued a judgement in the case of the Indigenous Communities Members of the Lhaka Honhat (Our Land) Association, vs. Argentina. The ruling reiterates the inter-American standards on communal land and territorial rights of […]
Stephany Caro Mejia and Ricardo Abend Van Dalen, DPLF Interns In a landmark and controversial decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Citizens United v. FEC (2010) that the government may not restrict political speech on the basis of the speaker’s corporate identity (regardless of for-profit or non-profit status) because corporations, like natural persons, […]
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