Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 11/02/2021

Subject: The decision of the International Court of Justice, in violation of several articles of the Convention, in relation to the sentence issued against “Manuela” for the homicide aggravated in the legal context of the total criminalization of abortion, to the health treatment received and to her death when she was under the State’s custody

Parties: Manuela y otros vs. El Salvador

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Equality - Art. 20 Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Art. 48 Presumption of innocence - Rights of defence

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