Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 05/14/2013

Subject: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in the matter of juvenile criminal justice, found the State responsible for the violation of the right to freedom, personal integrity and to an effective remedy, as well as the violation of the rights of the child, in relation to the case of five minors sentenced to life imprisonment

Parties: Mendoza y otros vs. Argentina

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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