García y familiares
Case- Summary
The facts of the case refer to the forced disappearance of Edgar Fernando García, trade unionist and student leader, following his arrest on February 18, 1994, by members of the Special Operations Brigade of the National Police. The IA Court placed the events in a context of internal violence in the country during which the intelligence services played a particularly important role as being responsible for gathering and reviewing information on those people considered “internal enemies.”
The IA Court applied criteria regarding forced disappearance as a multiple and permanent violation of rights and the State’s obligation to investigate them. Furthermore, it developed standards regarding trade union freedom as a form of freedom of association in the framework of a State pattern of capturing and eliminating leaders of trade unions and student organizations.
- Status
- Active
- Country
- Presentation to the IACommission
- Aug 22, 2000
- Submission to the IACourt
- Feb 9, 2011
- IACommission / Merits report: rights violated
ACHR IACFDP 3, 4, 5, 7, 1.1 8, 25, 1.1 I 5, 1.1 13, 23, 1.1, 2 13, 16, 1.1
- IACourt / Judgment: rights violated
ACHR IACFDP 1.1, 16.1 1.1, 5.1, 5.2 1.1, 3, 4.1, 5.2, 5.1, 7 I.a) 1.1, 16.1 1.1, 8.1, 25.1 I.b)
- IACourt / Judgment: rights non-violated
ACHR 13, 23 17, 19
- Descriptors
- Forced disappearance
- Freedom of association
- Trade union
- Court documents
- García y familia. Judgment. November 29, 2012
- García y familiares. Order of the IACourt. November 22, 2016
- García y familiares. Order of the President. March 16, 2012
- García y otros. Audiencia del 26 de abril de 2012
- Miembros de la aldea Chichupac y Comunidades de Rabinal.Molina Theissen y otros 12 casos. Order of the IACourt. October 14, 2019
- Miembros de la Chichupac y comunidades de Rabinal Molina, Theissen y otros 12 casos. Order of the IACourt. March 12, 2019
- Documentos de la comisión
- Geolocalización de los hechos
- Geolocalización de los hechos (linked Place of the events)
- García y Familiares