ACHR: 5.2, 5.6, 7, 0.1, ACHPR 6; ECHR 5; ADRDM 1, 25; 4.9 UDHR, ICCPR 9
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Slavery Convention
INTER-AMERICAN COURT
Content
Case of the “Juvenile Reeducation Institute” v. Paraguay. PO, Merits, R and C. September 2, 2004. Series C No. 112. Par. 223-225
Case of Palamara Iribarne v. Chile. Merits, R and C. November 22, 2005. Series C No. 135. Par. 102. Par.196, 198
Case of López Alvarez v. Honduras. Merits, R and C. February 1, 2006. C Series No 141. Par. 59
Case of La Cantuta v. Peru. Merits, R and C. November 29, 2006. Series C No. 162. Par. 109
Enforced Disappearance of Persons
Case of Velásquez Rodriguez v. Honduras. Merits, July 29, 1988. Series C No. 4. Par.155
Case of Godínez Cruz v. Honduras. Merits, January 20, 1989. Series C No. 5. Par. 163
Case of Fairén Garbi and Solis Corrales v. Honduras. Merits. March 15, 1989. Series C No. 6. Par.148
Case of the “Street Children” (Villagrán Morales et al.) v. Guatemala. Merits. November 19, 1999. Series C No 64. Par. 135
Case of Bámaca Velásquez v. Guatemala. Merits. November 25, 2000. Series C No. 70. Par. 138, 139-143
Detentions
Case of the “Street Children” (Villagrán Morales et al.) Judgment of November 19, 1999. Series C No. 63, par. 135
Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Merits. August 18, 2000. Series C No. 69. Par. 73
Case of Juan Humberto Sánchez v. Honduras. PO, Merits, R and C. June 7, 2003. Series C No. 99. Par. 76 to 77.86
Case of Maritza Urrutia v. Guatemala. Merits, R and C. November 27, 2003. Series. C No. 103. Par. 63-68
Case of the 19 Merchants v. Colombia. Merits, R and C. July 5, 2004. Series C No. 109. Par. 145
Case of the Gómez Paquiyauri Brothers v. Peru. Merits, R and C. July 8, 2004. Series C No. 110. Par. 81-83
Case of Acosta Calderón v. Ecuador. Merits, R and C. June 24, 2005. Series C No. 129. Par. 56
Case of La Cantuta v. Peru. Merits, R and C. November 29, 2006. Series C No. 162. Par. 109
Preventive Detention
Case of the “Juvenile Reeducation Institute” v. Paraguay. PO, Merits, R and C. September 2, 2004. Series C No. 112. Par. 227-231.
Case of Tibi v. Ecuador. PO, Merits, R and C. September 7, 2004. Series C No.114. Par. 106-113
Restrictions
Case of the Gómez Paquiyauri Brothers. Judgment of July 8, 2004. Series C No. 110, par. 83.
Case of Palamara Iribarne v. Chile. Merits, R and C. November 22, 2005. Series C No. 135. Par. 102. Par. 196
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Judicial Control of Detention
Court HR, Aksoy v. Turkey judgment of December 18, 1996, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-VI, p. 2282
Court HR, Kurt v. Turkey judgment of May 25, 1998, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-III, p.1185
Working Group on Arbitrary detention. UN wgad@ohchr.org
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery including its causes and consequences. UNsrslavery@ohchr.org
Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention ACHPR
RELATED TOPICS:
Due Process,
Habeas corpus
Principle of Legality
Right to Presumption of innocence
Right to an effective remedy
Obligation to Ensure the Human Rights
Duty to Investigate Human Rights Violations
Obligations on deprivation of Liberty
Obligation to Prevent Human Rights violations
Obligation to Respect Human Rights
Principle of Retroactivity
Principle of Legality
Prohibition of Enforced Disappearance of Persons
Prohibition of Detention, imprisonment or arbitrary deprivation of freedom
Prohibition of Imprisonment for civil debts