Chitay Nech y otros
Case- Summary
The events of the case refer to the forced disappearance, since April 1, 1981, of the Mayan indigenous political leader Florencio Chitay Nech, and the lack of diligence in the investigation of the incidents. The IA Court placed these events in the context of the internal armed conflict that took place between 1962 and 1996, during which time the forced disappearance of peoples constituted State practice carried out by security forces in Guatemala, with the purpose of not only punishing the victim but also the social or political collective that they belonged to.
The IA Court applied standards regarding the forced disappearance of peoples as a multiple violation of human rights. Furthermore, it developed criteria concerning the obligation to guarantee the enjoyment of political rights to members of indigenous and ethnic communities, and regarding the effects of forced displacement of the victim’s family within a context of systematic violence against Mayan indigenous groups, which resulted in infringements of their cultural identity.
- Status
- Active
- Country
- Presentation to the IACommission
- Mar 2, 2005
- Submission to the IACourt
- Apr 17, 2009
- IACourt / Judgment: rights violated
ACHR IACFDP 1.1, 3, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 23.1 I.a) 1.1, 22, 17 1.1, 22, 17, 19 1.1, 8.1, 25.1 I.b) 1.1, 5.1
- IACourt / Judgment: rights non-violated
ACHR IACFDP 2 II, III 21
- Descriptors
- Forced disappearance
- Forced displacement
- Indigenous peoples
- Political rights
- Court documents
- Chitay Nech et al. Judgment. May 25, 2010
- Chitay Nech et al. Order of the IACourt. December 1, 2011
- Chitay Nech y otros. Order of the President. December 21, 2009
- Miembros de la aldea Chichupac y Comunidades de Rabinal.Molina Theissen y otros 12 casos. Order of the IACourt. October 14, 2019
- Miembros de la Chichupac y comunidades de Rabinal Molina, Theissen y otros 12 casos. Order of the IACourt. March 12, 2019
- Panel Blanca (Paniagua Morales y otros) [y otros casos]. Resolución de la CorteIDH de 24 de noviembre de 2015
- Supervisión conjunta de 11 casos. Order of the IACourt. August 21, 2014
- Documentos de la comisión
- Geolocalización de los hechos
- Geolocalización de los hechos (linked Place of the events)
- Chitay Nech y otros