INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
CASE OF RÍOS AVALOS ET AL. V. PARAGUAY
JUDGMENT OF AUGUST 19, 2021
(Merits, reparations and costs)
In the case of Ríos Ávalos et al. v. Paraguay,
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter also “the Inter-American Court” or
“the Court”), composed of the following judges:
Elizabeth Odio Benito, President
L. Patricio Pazmiño Freire, Vice President
Eduardo Vio Grossi, Judge
Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto, Judge
Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot, Judge
Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni, Judge, and
Ricardo Pérez Manrique, Judge,
also present,
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary, and
Romina I. Sijniensky, Deputy Secretary,
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, 65 and 67 of the
Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure” or “the Court’s Rules of
Procedure”), delivers this judgment structured as follows: