San José, Costa Rica, March 15, 2022. 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 17 Judgments, 1 Advisory Opinion and 2 resolutions on the adoption of Provisional Measures; translated between June and December 2021, available to the public on its website.

Thanks to the Institutional strengthening of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for optimizing capacity project, it was possible to make a fundamental contribution to the dissemination of the Inter-American Court’s Case Law in the English language in 2021 thanks to Swedish Cooperation, enabling translation of a total of 48 Judgments, Advisory Opinions and key resolutions for the Court.

The importance of translating the decisions of the Inter-American Court into English should be highlighted, because, primarily, there are English-speaking States party to the American Convention, and secondly, there are other American states, including several from the Caribbean, that have not yet ratified the American Convention. The language barrier is one of their main obstacles to learning about the Court’s work. Additionally, English translation is essential for the harmonious development of international human rights law and for strengthening the ever more fluid and constant jurisprudential dialogue with the European and African Courts of Human Rights, the human rights bodies of the United Nations, academia and international law research centers, among many other key international actors.

The Judgments, Advisory Opinion and the two resolutions adopting Provisional Measures translated with Sweden’s support, are:

1. 1. Case of Jenkins v. Argentina. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November 26, 2019. Series C No. 397. 

2. 2. Case of Tarazona Arrieta et al. v. Peru. Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of October 15, 2014. Series C No. 286.

3. 3. Case of Carranza Alarcón v. Ecuador. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of February 3, 2020. Series C No. 399.

4. 4. Case of Acosta Martínez et al. v. Argentina. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of August 31, 2020. Series C No. 410. 

5. 5. Case of Vélez Loor v. Panama. Provisional Measures. Adoption of Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 29, 2020.  

6. 6. Case of Vélez Loor v. Panama. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 24, 2021. 

7. 7. Case of Garzón Guzmán et al. v. Ecuador. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of September 1, 2021. Series C No. 434. 

8. 8. Case of Ríos Avalos et al. v. Paraguay. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of August 19, 2021. Series C No. 429.

9. 9. Case of Casa Nina v. Peru. Interpretation of the Judgment on Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of September 1, 2021. Series C No. 433. 

10. 10. Case of Villarroel Merino et al. v. Ecuador. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of August 24, 2021. Series C No. 430. 

11. 11. Case of the Buzos Miskitos (Lemoth Morris et al.) v. Honduras. Judgment of August 31, 2021. Series C No. 432. 

12. 12. Case of Moya Solís v. Peru. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of June 3, 2021. Series C No. 425. 

13. 13. Case of the Employees of the Fireworks Factory of Santo Antônio de Jesus and their families v. Brazil. Interpretation of the Judgment on Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of June 21, 2021. Series C No. 427. 

14. 14. Case of González et al. v. Venezuela. Merits and Reparations. Judgment of September 20, 2021. Series C No. 436. 

15. 15. Right to freedom to organize, collective bargaining and strike, and their relation to other rights with a gender perspective (interpretation and scope of articles 13, 15, 16, 24, 25, and 26 in relation to articles 1(1) and 2 of the American Convention on Human Rights; articles 3, 6, 7, and 8 of the Protocol of San Salvador; articles 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Convention of Bélem do Pará; articles 34, 44 and 45 of the Charter of the Organization of American States; and articles II, IV, XIV, XXI and XXII of the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man). Advisory Opinion OC-27/21 of May 5, 2021. Series A No. 27.

16. 16. Case of Manuela et al. v. El Salvador. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November 2, 2021. Series C No. 441. 

17. 17. Case of Barbosa de Souza et al. v. Brazil. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of September 7, 2021. Series C No. 435. 

18. 18. Case of Bedoya Lima et al. v. Colombia. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of August 26, 2021. Series C No. 431. 

19. 19. Case of Cuya Lavy et al. v. Peru. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of September 28, 2021. Series C No. 438. 

20. 20. Case of Vera Rojas et al. v. Chile. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of October 1, 2021. Series C No. 439.