Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 09/04/2012

Subject: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights sentenced the State for the massacres committed by the army and the civil patrollers against the Maya population of the Rio Negro community during the years 1980-1982, and for the subsequent violations of human rights committed against the survivors

Parties: Causa Masacres de Río Negro vs. Guatemala

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Art. 5 Slavery - Forced labour - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 10 Freedom of thought - Freedom of conscience - Freedom of religion - Equality - Art. 20 Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights - Citizens’ rights - Art. 45 Freedom of movement - Freedom of residence - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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