Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 11/21/2022

Subject: The decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, found the responsibility of the State in virtue of the automatic application of the death penalty in the cases provided for by Ley de Delitos contra la Persona, which the Court deemed arbitrary, as well as for the detention conditions imposed to the convicted and for the violation of their jurisdictional guarantees

Parties: Dial y otro vs. Trinidad y Tobago

Original language: Spanish

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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