Villaseñor Velarde y otros
Case- Summary
The facts of the case are related to threats and intimidations that began against Ms. Villaseñor in early 1994 and the lack of investigation around these incidents. As a judge, she had intervened in several cases involving senior members of the Guatemalan Army, accused for serious patrimonial crimes and violations of human rights.
The IA Court applied standards on judicial independence in view of the pressures exerted against judge Villaseñor, and examined the State’s responsibility -or lack of it- with regards to the participation of State agents in the events.
- Status
- Active
- Country
- Presentation to the IACommission
- Sep 22, 1994
- Submission to the IACourt
- Mar 15, 2017
- IACommission / Merits report: rights violated
ACHR 8.1, 25.1, 1.1 5.1. 1.1
- IACourt / Judgment: rights violated
ACHR 5.1, 8.1, 25.1, 1.1
- IACourt / Judgment: rights non-violated
ACHR 11, 8.2 5, 11
- Descriptors
- Judges
- Threats and harassment
- Court documents
- Documentos de la comisión
- Geolocalización de los hechos
- Geolocalización de los hechos (linked Place of the events)
- Villaseñor, María Eugenia
Documents
Attachments
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