Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 10/25/2012

Subject: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights sentenced the State for the massacre of citizens, most of which were children, perpetrated by the army in the hamlet of El Mozote and in the surrounding territories between 11 and 13 December 1981 and for the serious violations of human rights committed against the survivors

Parties: Causa Masacres de El Mozote y lugares aledaños vs. El Salvador

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 17 Right to property - 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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