Heliodoro Portugal
Case- Summary
The facts of the case concern the forced disappearance, torture and extrajudicial execution of Heliodoro Portugal, detained on May 14, 1979, while the country was governed by a military regime. The facts also concern the failure of the State to investigate, identify and convict those responsible. The remains of Heliodoro Portugal were found in September 1999 in military barracks, although only in 2001 was it confirmed with absolute certainty that these remains pertained to him.
The IA Court reiterated its jurisprudence regarding the special characteristics and the continued character of the crime of forced disappearance. Similarly, the IA Court assessed if the classification of the crime of forced disappearance in domestic law was appropriate to the requirements and minimum elements as stipulated by international human rights law.
- Status
- Active
- Country
- Presentation to the IACommission
- Jun 2, 2001
- Submission to the IACourt
- Jan 23, 2007
- IACourt / Judgment: rights violated
ACHR IACFDP IACPPT 1.1, 7 I, II 1.1, 8.1, 25 1.1, 5.1 II, III 1, 6, 8
- Descriptors
- Extrajudicial execution
- Forced disappearance
- Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
- Court documents
- H. Portugal. Judgment. August 12, 2008
- H. Portugal. Order of the IACourt. June 19, 2012
- H. Portugal. Order of the IACourt. May 28, 2010
- H. Portugal. Order of the President. April 20, 2010
- H. Portugal. Order of the President. December 19, 2007
- H.Portugal. Order of the President. November 29, 2007
- Heliodoro Portugal. Order of the IACourt. November 14, 2017
- Documentos de la comisión