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INTER-AMERICAN COURT
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Case of López Alvarez v. Honduras. Merits, R and C. February 1, 2006. C Series No 141. Par.171
Case of the Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community v. Paraguay. Merits, R and C. March 29, 2006. Series C No. 146. Par. 59-60
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Legal entity recognition personality
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Case of the Saramaka People v. Suriname. PO, Merits, R and C November 28, 2007. Series C No. 172. Par. 159,
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. HR Commission
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