INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
CASE OF GUEVARA DÍAZ V. COSTA RICA
JUDGMENT OF JUNE 22, 2022
(Merits, reparations and costs)
In the case of Guevara Díaz v. Costa Rica.
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or
“the Court”), composed of the following judges:*
Ricardo C. Pérez Manrique, President;
Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto, Vice President
Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot, Judge
Verónica Gómez, Judge;
Patricia Pérez Goldberg, Judge, and
Rodrigo de Bittencourt Mudrovitsch, Judge,
also present,
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Registrar, and
Romina I. Sijniensky, Deputy Registrar,
pursuant to articles 62(3) and 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights
(hereinafter also “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) and articles 31, 32,
42, 65, and 67 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of
Procedure”), delivers this judgment, which is structured as follows:
Judge Nancy Hernández López, a Costa Rican national, did not take part in the deliberation and signing
of this judgment, pursuant to Articles 19(2) of the Court’s Statute and 19(1) of its Rules of Procedure.
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