Victims' Legal Assistance Fund
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Table of contents I. FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................... 5 II. THE COURT: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................... 8 A. CREATION .................................................................................................................................................. 8 B. ORGANIZATION AND COMPOSITION ................................................................................................................. 9 C. STATES PARTIES ........................................................................................................................................ 10 D. FUNCTIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 12 III. SESSIONS HELD IN 2018 ................................................................................................................ 21 A. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 21 B. SUMMARY OF THE SESSIONS .................................................................................................................... 21 C. SESSIONS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT AWAY FROM ITS SEAT .............................................................. 21 IV. CONTENTIOUS FUNCTION .............................................................................................................. 37 A. CASES SUBMITTED TO THE COURT ............................................................................................................. 37 B. HEARINGS ................................................................................................................................................ 46 C. JUDGMENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 47 D. AVERAGE TIME TO PROCESS CASES ................................................................................................................ 61 E. CONTENTIOUS CASES BEING PROCESSED ......................................................................................................... 63 V. MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH JUDGMENTS ................................................................................. 66 A. SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF MONITORING COMPLIANCE ................................................................................... 66 B. HEARINGS ON MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH JUDGMENT HELD IN 2018 ......................................................... 69 C. PROCEDURES AND HEARINGS ON MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH JUDGMENT HELD AWAY FROM THE SEAT OF THE COURT IN THE TERRITORY OF THE STATES FOUND RESPONSIBLE ............................................................................................. 71 D. ORDERS ON MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH JUDGMENT ISSUED IN 2018 ........................................................... 73 VI. PROVISIONAL MEASURES AND URGENT MEASURES ...................................................................... 94 A. ADOPTION OF NEW PROVISIONAL MEASURES................................................................................................... 94 B. CONTINUATION OR EXPANSION OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES AND PARTIAL LIFTING OF MEASURES, OR MEASURES THAT HAVE CEASED TO HAVE EFFECT FOR CERTAIN PERSONS ....................................................................................................... 94 C. REQUESTS FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES DENIED .............................................................................................. 97 C. PROVISIONAL MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN LIFTED .......................................................................................... 979 E. CURRENT STATUS OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES ............................................................................................... 100 VII. ADVISORY FUNCTION ................................................................................................................... 103 A. ADMITTED ............................................................................................................................................. 103 B. REJECTED ............................................................................................................................................... 106 VIII. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COURT’S JURISPRUDENCE ...................................................................... 107 Página 2 de 185 A. PARTICIPATION OF THE ARMED FORCES IN TASKS RELATED TO PUBLIC SECURITY. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM ARTICLES 1(1) AND 2 OF THE CONVENTION ....................................................................................................................... 107 B. RIGHT TO LIFE (ARTICLE 4 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION) ............................................................................ 108 1. The reinforced obligation to investigate the murder of human rights defenders .......................... 108 2. Crimes against humanity ................................................................................................................ 109 3. The international responsibility of the State for ultra vires acts ..................................................... 113 C. RIGHT TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY (ARTICLE 5 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION)) .................................................... 113 1. Violence against women – State responsibility for acts of torture perpetrated by a State agent .. 113 2. Violence against women – State responsibility for acts of torture perpetrated by a non-State agent 114 D. PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY AND SERVITUDE (ARTICLE 6 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION) ....................................... 115 1. Sexual slavery ................................................................................................................................. 116 2. Human-trafficking for the purpose of adoption ............................................................................. 116 E. RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY (ARTICLE 7 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION)......................................................... 117 F. RIGHT TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES AND JUDICIAL PROTECTION (ARTICLES 8(1) AND 25 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION) 118 1. Application of enhanced due diligence and special protection in investigations and criminal proceedings for sexual violence against children and adolescents and obligation of non-revictimization 118 2. Access to justice in equal conditions for women victims of violence .............................................. 121 3. Family separation and international adoption ............................................................................... 121 G. RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY (ARTICLE 15 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION) .................................................................. 122 H. FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE - THE RIGHT TO SEEK AND RECEIVE ASYLUM (ARTICLE 22 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION) ................................................................................................................................................ 123 I. POLITICAL RIGHTS (ARTICLE 23 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION) ..................................................................... 125 1. Political rights of human rights defenders ...................................................................................... 125 2. Right to request and take part in a recall procedure as a political right ........................................ 125 3. Prohibition of political discrimination ............................................................................................. 126 4. Minimum guarantee of confidentiality in the collection of signatures to request a recall referendum 126 J. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS - PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT (ARTICLE 26 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION) ................................................................................................................................. 127 1. The right to health as an autonomous right ................................................................................... 127 2. The health-related rights of the older person ................................................................................. 128 3. Violation of the principle of non-retrogressivity ............................................................................. 128 4. Scope of the right to health of persons living with HIV ................................................................... 130 Página 3 de 185 5. Right to work in cases of arbitrary termination of the employment relationship as a form of abuse of power and political discrimination ..................................................................................................... 131 IX. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................... 132 A. INCOME ................................................................................................................................................ 132 B. RESPONSE OF THE STATES TO THE FINANCIAL SITUATION ............................................................................ 139 C. REGULAR FUND BUDGET APPROVED FOR 2019 ........................................................................................ 139 D. AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL