Tag: Inter American Human Rights Court

• Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Amnesty International blasts Brazilian police systematic killings and impunity

  

  Amnesty International lambasted “impunity” for Brazilian police who kill suspects during operations after a regional rights court ruled against Brazil in a spate of slayings in the 1990s. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled last week that Brazil must reopen investigations into the killings of 26 people in a Rio de Janeiro favela two decades ago and should provide compensation.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 21:17 UTC

  UN criticizes as “devastating” Venezuela’s decision to pull out from human rights court

  

  United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Thursday that Venezuela's pullout of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR Court) would be “devastating” for the international organization. Spokesperson Rupert Colville said the move “will be not good for Venezuela either.”

• Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 05:24 UTC

  Brazil will look into its harsh political past but the military are safe

  

  The Brazilian congress approved this week the creation of a Truth Committee that will look into human rights abuses from 1946 to 1988, which includes the military period from 1964 to 1985, but leaves untouched the controversial 1979 Amnesty Law that benefits military and police personnel.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:09 UTC

  Brazil only country that retains 1979 Amnesty law dictated by the military

  

  Contrary to the rest of Latin American countries, Brazil is the only where an amnesty law sanctioned by the military dictatorship in 1979 remains effective, ignoring a ruling from the Inter American Court of Human Rights, according to jurist Helio Bicudo.