INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
CASE OF SCOT COCHRAN V. COSTA RICA
JUDGMENT OF MARCH 10, 2023
(Preliminary objections and merits)
In the case of Scot Cochran 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,
Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot, Vice President,
Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto,
Verónica Gómez,
Patricia Pérez Goldberg, and
Rodrigo Mudrovitsch,
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 “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:
Judge Nancy Hernández López, a Costa Rican national, did not take part in the deliberation and signature
of this judgment pursuant to the provisions of Article 19(1) and (2) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure.
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