Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 08/31/2017

Subject: The decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, sentenced the State for the forced disappearance of 12 persons and the arbitrary killing of another one, which took place in the district of El Carmen de Viboral between 21 June and 27 December 1996 and were carried out by the paramilitary group Autodefensas del Magdalena Medio (ACMM), helped by policemen

Parties: Vereda La Esperanza vs. Colombia

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 17 Right to property - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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