San José, Costa Rica, October 4, 2022. In the Judgment notified today in the Case of Sales Pimenta v. Brazil, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found the State of Brazil internationally responsible for the violation of rights to a fair trial, judicial protection, the right to truth and humane treatment to the detriment of the family of human rights defender Gabriel Sales Pimenta, as a result of the State’s serious shortcomings in the investigation into his violent death and the situation of absolute impunity in which the homicide remains to date. This led the Court to conclude, inter alia, that Brazil did not comply with its obligation to act with enhanced due diligence in the investigation of the murder of Mr. Sales Pimenta, in violation of Articles 8(1), 25 and 1(1) of the American Convention.