Luna López
Case- Summary
The facts of the case refer to the death of Carlos Antonio Luna López, in May 1998, as he left a meeting in the Town Hall of Catacamas. Luna López was a human rights defender who supported the struggles for land of local peasant groups. The IA Court placed the events in a situation of conflict and risk for those who worked in the protection of the environment in Honduras.
The IA Court applied standards regarding state obligations before situations of real and immediate risk to people’s lives. Additionally, it evaluated the investigation of events in the context of due diligence.
- Status
- Activo
- Presentation to the IACommission
- Jan 13, 2003
- Submission to the IACourt
- Nov 10, 2011
- IACommission / Merits report: rights violated
ACHR 1.1, 4.1 1.1, 8.1, 25 1.1, 23 1.1, 5.1
- IACourt / Judgment: rights violated
ACHR 1.1, 4.1 1.1, 5.1
- IACourt / Judgment: rights non-violated
ACHR 1.1, 23 1.1, 8.1, 25.1
- Descriptors
- Amenazas y hostigamientos
- Defensores/as de derechos humanos
- Medio ambiente
- Court documents
- Documentos de la comisión
- Geolocalización de los hechos
Latitude: 14.8
Longitude: -85.9
- Geolocalización de los hechos (linked Geolocalización de los hechos del caso)
- Luna López
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