Fernández Ortega y otros
Case- Summary
The facts of the case refer to the sexual violation and torture perpetrated on Inés Fernández Ortega by members of the Mexican military. The IA Court placed the events in a context of significant military presence in the state of Guerrero, aimed at suppressing unlawful activities such as organized crime. In this region a sizeable percentage of the population belongs to indigenous communities who maintain their cultural identity and live in municipalities afflicted by social exclusion and extreme poverty.
The IA Court noted the constitutional elements of sexual violation as an act of torture and established standards regarding the inadmissibility of military jurisdiction to hear cases of this nature. Furthermore, it developed criteria regarding due diligence in the processing of the complaint and investigation of sexual violence and access to justice without discrimination.
- Status
- Active
- Country
- Presentation to the IACommission
- Jun 14, 2004
- Submission to the IACourt
- May 7, 2009
- IACourt / Judgment: rights violated
IACBdoPara ACHR IACPPT 1.1, 5.1, 5.2, 11.1, 11.2 1, 2, 6 1.1, 5.1 1.1, 11.2 1.1, 2, 8.1, 25.1 7.b 1.1, 8.1, 25.1 - 7.a - -
- IACourt / Judgment: rights non-violated
ACHR 16
- Descriptors
- Gender violence
- Indigenous peoples
- Military jurisdiction
- Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
- Court documents
- Fernández Ortega et al. Judgment. August 30, 2010
- Fernández Ortega et al. Order of the IACourt. November 25, 2010
- Fernández Ortega y otros. Audiencia del 15 de abril de 2010
- Fernández Ortega y otros. Order of the IACourt. April 15, 2010
- Fernández Ortega y otros. Order of the President. April 8, 2010
- Fernández Ortega y otros. Order of the President. March 12, 2010
- Radilla Pacheco, Fernández Ortega y otros, y Rosendo Cantú y otra. Order of the IACourt. April 17, 2015
- Documentos de la comisión
- Geolocalización de los hechos
- Geolocalización de los hechos (linked Place of the events)
- Fernández Ortega y otros