INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
CASE OF THE PUNTA PIEDRA GARIFUNA COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBERS
v. HONDURAS
JUDGMENT OF OCTOBER 5, 2015
(Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs )
In the case of the Punta Piedra Garifuna Community and its members,
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or
“the Court”) composed as follows:
Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto, President
Roberto F. Caldas, Vice President
Manuel E. Ventura Robles, Judge
Diego García-Sayán, Judge
Alberto Pérez Pérez, Judge
Eduardo Vio Grossi, Judge and
Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot, Judge;
also present,
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary and,
Emilia Segares Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary,
pursuant to Articles 62(3) and 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights
(hereinafter “the Convention” or “the “American Convention”) and Articles 31, 32, 42,
65 and 67 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter the “Rules of Procedure”)
delivers this judgment, structured as follows: