Chirinos Salamanca v. Venezuela: A Legal Analysis of Retroactive Human Rights Law Application
On 21 August 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) delivered its judgment on preliminary objections in Chirinos Salamanca y otros v. Venezuela, later made public on 26 August....
Chirinos Salamanca vs. Venezuela: Un análisis jurídico de la aplicación retroactiva de la legislación de derechos humanos
El 21 de agosto de 2025, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) dictó sentencia sobre excepciones preliminares en Chirinos Salamanca y otros vs. Venezuela, que luego se hizo...
IACtHR Recognises the ‘Right to Care’: What it Means and Why it Matters for Women’s Human Rights
In a historic decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) responding to a request from Argentina, recognised the right to care as an autonomous and enforceable human right, identifying...
Detention in Armed Conflict: Exploring the complementarity between IHL and the Inter-American Human Rights System (Part II)
This blog is in two parts. In the first part of this analysis, I examined the Inter-American framework for the protection of persons deprived of liberty, including the guarantees applicable...
Detention in Armed Conflict: Exploring the complementarity between IHL and the Inter-American Human Rights System (Part I)
This two-part blog explores how International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) complement each other in governing detention and internment of civilians during armed conflicts. This first...
Intersectionality in Climate Jurisprudence – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Approach to Climate Vulnerability
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on Human Rights and the Climate Emergency released on 3 July 2025 represents a landmark moment for the climate justice movement. The...
Business and Human Rights in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Current opportunities and challenges from Brazil’s condemnations
In October and November 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued two judgments condemning Brazil in cases relating to Business and Human Rights (BHR) themes: the Santos Nascimento...
Pavez v. Chile: Freedom of Religion in Public Education
Image description: A classroom, where many students are seated as their desks and one student is in the front with their teacher. In Sandra Pavez v. Chile, the Inter-American Court...
Manuela v El Salvador: A Missed Opportunity for Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Image description: A march supporting decriminalisation of abortion. One of the participants is a woman wearing green (the symbol of sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America) and holding a...
