Usón Ramírez

Case
Summary

The events of the case relate to the prison sentence of the retired military officer Francisco Usón Ramírez for the crime of “slander against the National Armed Forces” for having expressed critical opinions regarding the actions of the Armed Forces in a television program.

The IA Court developed standards regarding criminal law as a restriction to the freedom of expression and applied criteria regarding the scope of the competence of military criminal jurisdiction and the State’s obligation to adapt its domestic law.

Status
Activo
Presentation to the IACommission
  • May 23, 2005
Submission to the IACourt
  • Jul 25, 2008
IACourt / Judgment: rights violated
ACHR
1.1, 2, 9, 13.1, 13.2
1.1, 2, 8, 25
1.1, 7
2, 8.1, 9, 13.1, 13.2
IACourt / Judgment: rights non-violated
ACHR
13.2.b
Descriptors
  • Jurisdicción militar
  • Libertad de expresión
Court documents
Documentos de la comisión
Geolocalización de los hechos

Latitude: 8.2852

Longitude: -62.7623

Geolocalización de los hechos (linked Case)
Usón Ramírez