Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 08/27/2014

Subject: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights sentenced the State for the violation of the right to life, personal freedom, personal integrity and to an effective judicial protection with regard to the extrajudicial killings by police officers of the Landaeta Mejías brothers, which took place, in different circumstances, in the State of Aragua during 1996.

Parties: Hermanos Landaeta Mejías y otros vs. Venezuela

Original language: English

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

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