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I/A Court H.R. translates Judgments and Advisory Opinions thanks to the support of Sweden

 

San José, Costa Rica, March 27, 2023.  The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and the Royal Swedish Embassy in Guatemala, has made the English translations of 48 Judgments and 3 Advisory Opinions available to the public through its website. The translations were completed between January and December 2022.

Thanks to the project "Institutional Strengthening of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the optimization of capacities, Phase II", a fundamental contribution has been made to the dissemination of the Inter-American Court’s case law in the English language. In 2022 alone, thanks to the Swedish Cooperation, the Inter-American Court was able to translate a total of 51 of the Court’s key documents.

It is worth noting the importance of translating the Inter-American Court’ decisions into English. Firstly, there are English-speaking States parties to the American Convention. Secondly, there are other American States, including several from the Caribbean, that have not yet ratified the American Convention, with the language barrier being one of the main obstacles to their learning about the Court’s work. In addition, translation into English is essential for the harmonious development of international human rights law and for strengthening the increasingly fluid and constant case law dialogue with the European and African Courts of Human Rights, the United Nations’ human rights bodies, academia, research centers in International Law, among many other key international actors.

The list of Judgments and Advisory Opinions that have been translated, with Swedish support, are:

  Judgment Name Details Date
1 C-290. Case of Osorio Rivera and family v. Peru Interpretation of the Judgment on Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 20, 2014
2 C-291. Case of J v. Peru Interpretation of the Judgement on Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 20, 2014
3 C-292. Case of Cruz Sánchez et al. v. Peru Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of April 17, 2015
4 C-296. Case of Canales Huapaya et al. v. Peru Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of June 24, 2015
5 C-299. Case of Peasant Community of Santa Bárbara v. Peru Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of September 1, 2015
6 C-328. Case of the Members of the Village of Chichupac and neighboring communities of the Municipality of Rabinal v. Guatemala Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 30, 2016
7 C-351. Case of Ramírez Escobar et al. v. Guatemala Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of March 9, 2018
8 C-354. Case of Amrhein et al. v. Costa Rica Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of April 25, 2018
9 C-356. Case of Coc Max et al. (Xamán Massacre) v. Guatemala Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of August 22, 2018
10 C-368. Case of Omeara Carrascal et al. v Colombia Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 21, 2018
11 C-369. Case of Trueba Arciniega et al. v. Mexico - Judgment of November 27, 2018
12 C-372. Case of Órdenes Guerra et al. v. Chile Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 29, 2018
13 C-373. Case of Colindres Schonenberg v. El Salvador Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of February 4, 2019
14 C-376. Case of Martínez Coronado v. Guatemala Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of May 10, 2019
15 C-377. Case of Arrom Suhurt et al. v. Paraguay Merits Judgment of May 13, 2019
16 C-379. Case of López Soto et al. v. Venezuela Interpretation of the judgment on Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of May 14, 2019
17 C-381. Case of Alvarado Espinoza et al. v. Mexico Interpretation of the judgment on Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of August 30, 2019
18 C-382. Case of Gorigoitía v. Argentina Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of September 2, 2019
19 C-383. Case of Rico v. Argentina Preliminary Objections and Merits Judgment of September 2, 2019
20 C-384. Case of Perrone and Preckel v. Argentina Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of October 8, 2019
21 C-385. Case of Ruiz Fuentes et al. v. Guatemala Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of October 10, 2019
22 C-386. Case of Valenzuela Ávila v. Guatemala Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of October 11, 2019
23 C-387. Case of Rodríguez Revolorio et al v. Guatemala Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of October 14, 2019
24 C-388. Case of Rosadio Villavicencio v. Peru Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of October 14, 2019
25 C-389. Case of Omeara Carrascal et al. v. Colombia Interpretation of the judgment on Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of October 14, 2019
26 C-390. Case of Girón et al. v. Guatemala Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of October 15, 2019
27 C-391. Case of Romero Feris v. Argentina Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of October 15, 2019
28 C-392. Case of Díaz Loreto et al. v. Venezuela Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 19, 2019
29 C-393. Case of Gómez Virula et al. v. Guatemala Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 21, 2019
30 C-428. Case of Martinez Esquivia vs. Colombia Interpretation of the Judgment on Preliminary Objections, Merits, and Reparations Judgment of June 21, 2021
31 C-437. Case of Julien Grisonas family v. Argentina Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of September 23, 2021
32 C-440. Case of the Maya Kaqchikel Indigenous Peoples of Sumpango et al. v. Guatemala Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of October 6, 2021
33 C-442. Case of the Massacre of the village of Los Josefinos v. Guatemala Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 3, 2021
34 C-443. Case of Teachers of Chañaral and other municipalities v. Chile Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 10, 2021
35 C-444. Case of Maidanik et al. v. Uruguay Merits and Reparations Judgment of November 15, 2021
36 C-445. Case of the Former Employees of the Judiciary v. Guatemala Preliminary Objections, Merits, and Reparations Judgment of November 17, 2021
37 C-446. Case of Palacio Urrutia et al. v. Ecuador Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 24, 2021
38 C-447. Case of Digna Ochoa and family members v. Mexico Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of November 25, 2021
39 C-448. Case of the National Federation of Maritime and Port Workers (FEMAPOR) v. Peru Preliminary Objections, Merits, and Reparations Judgment of February 1, 2022
40 C-449. Case of Pavez Pavez v. Chile Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of February 4, 2022
41 C-450. Case of Casierra Quiñonez et al. v. Ecuador Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of May 11, 2022
42 C-451. Case of Moya Chacón et al. v. Costa Rica Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of May 23, 2022
43 C-452. Case of Movilla Galarcio et. al. v. Colombia Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of June 22, 2022
44 C-453. Case of Guevara Díaz v. Costa Rica Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of June 22, 2022
45 C-456. Case of Cuya Lavy et al. v. Peru Interpretation of the Judgment on Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of July 27, 2022
46 C-457. Case of the Maya Kaqchikel Indigenous Peoples of Sumpango et al. v. Guatemala Interpretation of the Judgment on Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of July 27, 2022
47 C-459. Case of the Former Employees of the Judiciary v. Guatemala Interpretation of the Judgment on Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of July 27, 2022
48 C-460. Case of Teachers of Chañaral and other municipalities v. Chile Interpretation of the Judgment on Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs Judgment of July 27, 2022

 

  Advisory Opinion Details Date
49 OC-22/16 Entitlement of legal entities to hold rights under the Inter-American Human Rights System (Interpretation and scope of article 1(2), in relation to articles 1(1), 8, 11(2), 13, 16, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30, 44, 46 and 62(3) of the American Convention on Human Rights, as well as of article 8(1)(a) and (b) of the Protocol of San Salvador) Advisory Opinion OC/22/16 of February 26, 2016
50 OC-25/18 The institution of asylum and its recognition as a human right in the Inter-American Protection System (Interpretation and scope of articles 5, 22(7) and 22(8), in relation to article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights) Advisory Opinion OC-25/18 of May 30, 2018
51 OC-29/22 Differentiated Approaches with respect to Certain Groups Deprived of Liberty (Interpretation and scope of Articles 1(1), 4(1), 5, 11(2), 12, 13, 17(1), 19, 24 and 26 of the American Convention on Human Rights and other human rights instruments) Advisory Opinion OC-29/22 of May 30, 2022