Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 09/26/2018

Subject: The decisions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has recognized the international responsibility of the State for the violation of the rights to physical integrity, the prohibition of torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment, the prohibition of slavery, respect for private life, equality before the law and effective judicial protection, in the face of serious investigative and procedural omissions aimed at preventing and prosecuting the physical, verbal, psychological and sexual violence suffered by an 18-year-old girl segregated for 4 months by her attacker

Parties: López Soto y otros vs. Venezuela

Original language: Spanish

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

Text