Tag: Inter-American Court of Human Rights

• Friday, October 16th 2026 - 09:59 UTC

  Inter-American Court hears case over the April 11, 2002 killings in Caracas

  

  The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held this week in San José, Costa Rica, the first public hearing in the case over the killings of April 11, 2002 in Caracas, when an opposition march came under gunfire near the Miraflores Palace. Nineteen people died and dozens were wounded that day, in the run-up to the coup that removed then-president Hugo Chávez from power for two days.

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• Friday, July 24th 2026 - 06:48 UTC

  Family of murdered journalist urges Paraguay to comply with Inter-American Court ruling

  

  The widow and children of Paraguayan journalist Santiago Leguizamón, murdered in 1991, have called on the state to fully comply with the ruling in which the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found Paraguay responsible for failing to properly investigate the crime. The demand was voiced on Monday at a ceremony beside the monument honoring the broadcaster in Pedro Juan Caballero, on the border with Brazil, convened by the family, the Paraguayan Journalists' Union, and the Human Rights Coordinating Body, with backing from the International Federation of Journalists.

• Friday, December 1st 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Peru: IACHR steps in to keep Fujimori in jail

  

  The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) gave the Peruvian Government one week to explain the situation of former President Alberto Fujimori, who might be released from jail following a Constitutional Court ruling earlier this week, it was reported in Lima.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Nicaragua national strike to pressure the Ortega regime to release political prisoners

  

  Nicaragua's opposition on Wednesday called a 24-hour general strike to increase pressure on the government of President Daniel Ortega to release prisoners as agreed in peace talks between the two sides.

• Thursday, October 2nd 2014 - 06:54 UTC

  Ecuador apologizes to indigenous community for allowing oil drilling

  

  Ecuador has apologized to an indigenous community for authorizing oil drilling on ancestral land without their permission. The apology to the Sarayaku community came two years after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that the OPEC nation had violated the tribe's right to be consulted on oil concessions granted for their land.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 08:49 UTC

  Supreme Court knocks out main challenger to President Chavez re-election

  

  Venezuela's Supreme Court blocked high-profile opposition challenger Leopoldo López on Monday from running against President Hugo Chávez in a 2012 vote despite an international ruling in his favour.