Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 10/20/2016

Subject: The decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights sentenced the State for the lack of adequate measures for the prevention and punishment of the violations of human rights committed against workers of the Brasil Verde farm, in the State of Pará; the Court deemed, also following the analysis of the law and the international jurisprudence, such violations as slavery, trafficking in human beings and forced labour

Parties: Trabajadores de la Hacienda Brasil Verde vs. Brasil

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 5 Slavery - Forced labour - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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