El Salvador is responsible for obstetric violence and violation of the right to health of a woman with a high-risk pregnancy due to lack of protocols for adequate medical care

San José, Costa Rica, December 20, 2024. Today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights notified its judgment in Beatriz et al. v. El Salvador. In its decision, the Court found the State of El Salvador internationally responsible for failing to comply with its obligation of due diligence by guaranteeing the rights of access to effective judicial remedies, personal integrity, health and privacy of a woman experiencing a pregnancy that involved numerous risks in a situation of obstetric violence resulting from the legal uncertainty concerning the legality of the actions of the medical personnel involved in her case.

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Update of the Jurisprudence Journals of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights No. 1 and 6, Death penalty and Forced disappearance of persons

San José, Costa Rica, July 4, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is pleased to communicate the update as of May 2025 of the following jurisprudence journals:

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After the most participative process in its history, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has established the scope of the obligations of states to protect human rights with regard to the climate emergency

San José, Costa Rica, July 3, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights notified today Advisory Opinion 32 of 2025 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights, adopted on May 29, 2025, in response to the request submitted by the Republic of Chile and the Republic of Colombia in January 2023.

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Update of the Jurisprudence Journals of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights No. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 19

San José, Costa Rica, 23 de junio de 2025. La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos tiene el agrado de comunicar la actualización a marzo y mayo de 2025 de los siguientes Cuadernillos de Jurisprudencia

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold its 178th Regular Session

San José, Costa Rica, 18 de junio de 2025. La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará su 178 Período Ordinario de Sesiones del 23 de junio al 4 de julio de 2025, de manera híbrida con actividades presenciales y virtuales. Durante este período, la Corte llevará a cabo deliberaciones y audiencias.

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights held its 177th Regular Session

San José, Costa Rica, June 18, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held its 177^th Regular Session from June 9 to June 13, 2025, virtually. During the session the Court held deliberations and procedures for taking evidence in two contentious cases.

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights made an official visit to the Plurinational State of Bolivia

San José, Costa Rica, June 10, 2025. – A delegation of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights visited the Plurinational State of Bolivia from June 2 to 4, 2025, to participate in the “International Human Rights Law” Seminar and meet with various state authorities.

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Updated versions of the case Law Bulletins of the Inter-American Court nos. 11 and 14, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, and Non-Discrimination

San José, Costa Rica, June 6, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is pleased to announce the updating to March 2025 of the following case law bulletins:

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights to hold its 177th Regular Session

San José, Costa Rica, June 6, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold its 177^th regular session from June 9 to 13, 2025, virtually. During this session, the Court will conduct deliberations and evidentiary procedures in two cases.

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights holds its 176th Regular Session

San José, Costa Rica, June 5, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held its 176th regular session from May 19 to 30, 2025, in a hybrid form. During the session, it held hearings and deliberations, and discussed urgent matters. The first week took place with the presence of the judges in Guatemala City, Guatemala, with the activities described previously here, while the second week was conducted virtually.

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Extension of the deadline for receiving observations on the request for an Advisory Opinion presented by the Republic of Guatemala

San José, Costa Rica, June 3, 2025. On December 6, 2024, the Republic of Guatemala presented a request for an advisory opinion on Democracy and its protection under the inter-American system of human rights to the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in accordance with Article 64(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights.

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has held a Regular Session in Guatemala

San José, Costa Rica, May 30, 2025. From May 19 to 23, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the first week of work corresponding to its 176^th regular session in Guatemala City. This was possible thanks to an invitation from the Government of the Republic of Guatemala, with the support of the Presidential Commission for Peace and Human Rights (COPADEH), as the local organizing body.

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TThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights inaugurates the fourth Edition of the “Semillero Latinoamericano: Making the Inter-American Court of Human Rights accessible to young people”

San José, Costa Rica, mayo 30 de 2025 –El pasado 24 de mayo fue inaugurada la IV Edición del “Semillero Latinoamericano: Acercando a las y los jóvenes a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos” (Semillero LATAM), una iniciativa regional conjunta del Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, el Programa Estado de Derecho para Latinoamérica de la Fundación Konrad Adenauer y el Centro de Formación de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights translates key judgments into english and portuguese thanks to the support of Sweden

San José, Costa Rica, May 28, 2025 - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), has made available on its website the translation of 14 judgments into English and 2 judgments into Portuguese, issued by the Court in 2022 and 2023. The documents were translated between January and December 2024.

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Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y el Colegio de Profesionales en Psicología imparten curso sobre acompañamiento psicológico a personas declarantes

San José, Costa Rica, mayo 26 de 2025. – El Centro de Formación de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y el Colegio de Profesionales en Psicología de Costa Rica (CCPCR), se encuentran desarrollando, desde el 8 de mayo al 10 de julio de 2025, la II edición del “Curso especializado de acompañamiento psicológico para personas declarantes ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos”.

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Rafael Landívar University launch seminar on Jurisprudence and Human Rights

Guatemala City, May 20, 2025. – As part of the 176^th Regular Session, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held, on May 19, the international seminar “Jurisprudential lines of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and their impact” in collaboration with Universidad Rafael Landívar, seat of the event.

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights inaugurated its 176th Regular Session in Guatemala

Guatemala City, May 19, 2025.– On Monday, May 19, at the emblematic Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, the opening ceremony of the 176^th Regular Session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights was held, with the participation of high-level national and international authorities.

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights announces call for applications for the Internship and Professional Visits Program for the period from september to december 2025

San José, Costa Rica, May 15, 2025.- The Internship and Professional Visits Program of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is opening the call for applications for the period from September to December 2025.

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The second Edition of the International Course “Compliance with Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and public policies for their implementation” has been completed

San José, Costa Rica, mayo 14 de 2025. El 9 de mayo culminó la 2° Edición del Curso Internacional “Cumplimiento de Sentencias de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y políticas públicas para su implementación”. Esta segunda edición del Curso Internacional, que inició en marzo de 2025, fue organizada por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y el Instituto de Políticas Públicas en Derechos Humanos del MERCOSUR (IPPDH), en el marco de un Convenio suscrito entre ambas instituciones.

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Update of the Jurisprudence Journal of the I/A Court hr no. 10 and 21: Personal Integrity and Right to Life

San José, Costa Rica, May 9, 2025. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is pleased to communicate the update as of March 2025 of the following jurisprudence journals:

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Inter-American Court visited Chile to Monitor Compliance with Judgments

San José, Costa Rica, May 12, 2025. – A delegation of the Inter-American Court and its Registrar’s Office visited Santiago, Chile, from May 5 to 7, 2025, to hold private hearings on monitoring compliance with judgment in four cases regarding Chile, meet with several State authorities and hold a roundtable on national mechanisms for the implementation of the Court’s judgments.

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El Salvador is responsible for obstetric violence and violation of the right to health of a woman with a high-risk pregnancy due to lack of protocols for adequate medical care

Previous press releases

Update of the Jurisprudence Journals of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights No. 1 and 6, Death penalty and Forced disappearance of persons

After the most participative process in its history, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has established the scope of the obligations of states to protect human rights with regard to the climate emergency

Update of the Jurisprudence Journals of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights No. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 19

Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold its 178th Regular Session

Inter-American Court of Human Rights held its 177th Regular Session

Inter-American Court of Human Rights made an official visit to the Plurinational State of Bolivia

Updated versions of the case Law Bulletins of the Inter-American Court nos. 11 and 14, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, and Non-Discrimination

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights to hold its 177th Regular Session

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights holds its 176th Regular Session

Extension of the deadline for receiving observations on the request for an Advisory Opinion presented by the Republic of Guatemala

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has held a Regular Session in Guatemala

TThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights inaugurates the fourth Edition of the “Semillero Latinoamericano: Making the Inter-American Court of Human Rights accessible to young people”

Inter-American Court of Human Rights translates key judgments into english and portuguese thanks to the support of Sweden

Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y el Colegio de Profesionales en Psicología imparten curso sobre acompañamiento psicológico a personas declarantes

Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Rafael Landívar University launch seminar on Jurisprudence and Human Rights

Inter-American Court of Human Rights inaugurated its 176th Regular Session in Guatemala

Inter-American Court of Human Rights announces call for applications for the Internship and Professional Visits Program for the period from september to december 2025

The second Edition of the International Course “Compliance with Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and public policies for their implementation” has been completed

Update of the Jurisprudence Journal of the I/A Court hr no. 10 and 21: Personal Integrity and Right to Life

Inter-American Court visited Chile to Monitor Compliance with Judgments