Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Date: 09/01/2023

Subject: The decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights finds international responsibility of the State for the violation of the right to personal integrity, to health and to and effective legal protection, caused by deficiencies and excessive length of the legal proceeding regarding the case of obstetric violence and medical negligence, which contributed to the expiration of the statute of limitation of the reported crimes

Parties: Rodríguez Pacheco y otra vs. Venezuela

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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