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The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its grave concern over the criminal conviction, followed by imprisonment, handed down in Cuba against the Doctor of Biological Sciences, Ariel Ruiz Urquiola, for the crime of contempt, which follows the conviction of Eduardo Cardet Concepción, coordinator of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL), who has been in prison for over a year. See Article.

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires signed an agreement, on Friday, June 13, to modernize and provide greater transparency in the management of the legislative body. See Article.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) denounces the deterioration, deepening and diversification of the repression in Nicaragua in the last week. In the second week of the technical team of the Special Monitoring Mechanism for Nicaragua (MESENI)'s work, which began in Managua on June 24, 2018, the IACHR observed new forms of repression on the ground against the participants in the protests and opposition to the government and a particular impact on children and adolescents.See Article.

The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of journalist José Guadalupe Chan Dzib, which occurred on June 29 in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, and urges the Mexican State to investigate the case with due diligence and clarify its possible relationship with journalism. See Article.

Issue number #40-2 (March 2018) of publication Houston Journal of International Law is now available

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its deep concern about the continuing acts of violence and death in socio-educational centers for adolescents in the criminal law system in Brazil. The information received indicates that in less than a month at least 10 adolescents have lost their lives in a center in the state of Goiás and one teenager in the state of Ceará. This is in addition to other similar events that have occurred in the first months of this year. The IACHR reiterates its concern over this situation and calls on the Brazilian State to implement the recommendations issued during its visit in November 2017, during which it inspected the operation of SINASE and pointed out serious structural shortcomings. See Article.

Issue number #18 (April 2018) of publication Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law is now available

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a Judgment declaring, unanimously, the international responsibility of the Chilean State for not guaranteeing Mr. Vinicio Antonio Poblete Vilches his right to health (article 26), without discrimination, through basic and urgent necessary services in relation to his special situation of vulnerability as an elderly person, which led to his death. It also stated that the State violated the rights to life and personal integrity, to his detriment, as well as the right to obtain informed consent and access to health information, to the detriment of Mr. Poblete and his family members, as well as the right to access to justice and personal integrity, to the detriment of their families, as determined in its Judgment delivered on March 8, 2018. See Article.

Issue number #4-2018 (April 2018) of publication Relevés mensuels des traités et accords internationaux is now available

Issue number #4-2018 (April 2018) of publication Monthly Statement of Treaties and International Agreements is now available

The Electoral Oversight Mission of the Organization of American States (MVE / OEA) deployed in Colombia highlighted the successful completion of the second presidential round held on Sunday, June 17, and welcomed the citizen participation, which reached 53.04 percent, which was the same historical level recorded in the elections of May 27. See Article.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its deep concern about the continuation of aggrevated violence in Nicaragua, which has already claimed the lives of 143 people and constitutes a serious human rights crisis that must be addressed by the Nicaraguan State with the utmost urgency. Likewise, the IACHR strongly condemns the exacerbation of the excessive use of state force and the continuity of attacks by para-political actors and armed third parties, which the State has the obligation to dismantle. See Article..

The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (CIDH) and the General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS) today obtained the consent of Nicaragua to create an international investigation mechanism regarding the acts of violence that have occurred since April 18th in that country. See Article.

Issue number #94-1 (January 2018) of publication International Social Science Review is now available

The State of Nicaragua is responsible for not guaranteeing access to justice for V.R.P. , who at eight years of age was the victim of abuse and rape for acts allegedly committed by her father, concluded the Inter-American Court in a judgment released today and issued on March 8, 2018. See Article.

Issue number #55-1 (March 2018) of publication UN Chronicle is now available

Issue number #32-1 (January 2018) of publication The International Economy is now available

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will conduct a working visit to Nicaragua from May 17 to 21, 2018. The purpose of the preliminary visit is to make an observation about the human rights situation in the country, in the context of the events that have taken place since April 18, 2018. See Article.

Meeting at its 168 Period of Sessions, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) adopted a Resolution in which it seeks to guarantee the efficiency of the mechanism of precautionary measures to respond diligently to requests for protection in urgent situations of irreparable harm. See Article.

Issue number #37 (May 2018) of publication vLex International is now available

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), meeting in the Dominican Republic on the occasion of its 168 Period of Sessions, has reviewed a first cycle of measures adopted to strengthen the petitions and cases system, and reports on new actions designed to face the challenge of procedural delay. See Article.

The President of the Inter-American Court, and one of the Judges, wered visited today by the President of the Republic of Ecuador. The Ecuadorian Chancellor, the National Secretary of Communication of Ecuador, the Ambassador of Ecuador in Costa Rica, the Secretary of the Inter-American Court, the Deputy Secretary and the Adviser to the Presidency were also present at the meeting. See Article.

Issue number #3-2018 (March 2018) of publication Relevés mensuels des traités et accords internationaux is now available

Issue number #3-2018 (March 2018) of publication Monthly Statement of Treaties and International Agreements is now available

El Salvador today became the sixth country to ratify the Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC. See Article.

The Head of the Mission of the Organization of American States who will observe the general elections on April 22 in Paraguay, the former President of Costa Rica, arrived in the country yesterday. The Mission, which began its work on Thursday, April 12, is composed of 40 international observers and experts, who will make a substantive analysis on the inclusion of women, electoral political financing, the use of electoral technology, electoral organization and electoral justice. See Article.

Issue number #54-4 (January 2018) of publication UN Chronicle is now available

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented case 12,197, Ramón Rosendo Carranza Alarcón, to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I / A Court HR), regarding Ecuador. See Article.

Issue number #17 (January 2018) of publication Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law is now available

Issue number #2-2018 (February 2018) of publication Monthly Statement of Treaties and International Agreements is now available