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Colombia, 2013 - Truth, Justice and Reparation - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Colombia
Chapter 6. Groups especially affected in the context of armed conflict
G. Persons deprived of liberty - Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Honduras (2013)
- Democracy and Human Rights in Venezuela (2009)
Chapter VI: The Right to Life, to Humane Treatment, and to Personal Liberty and Security - Observations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights upon Conclusion of its April 2007 visit to Haiti (2008)
Prison System and Conditions of Detention
Prolonged Pretrial Detention and the Special Commission on Detention - Follow-Up Report – Access to Justice and Social Inclusion: The Road towards Strengthening Democracy in Bolivia (2009)
Chapter V: Prison Conditions and Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty - Access to Justice and Social Inclusion: The Road towards Strengthening Democracy in Bolivia (2007)
Chapter III: Conditions in Prisons and Penitentiaries and the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty - Haiti: Failed Justice or the Rule of Law? Challenges Ahead for Haiti and the International Community (2005)
Chapter III: Analysis of the Administration of Justice in Haiti
Section D. Main Topics concerning the Administration of Justice
3. System of Prisons and other Detention Facilities - Fifth Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Guatemala (2001)
Chapter VI: The Right to Personal Integrity
Section B. The Right to Personal Integrity and the Situation of Persons under the Control of the Security Forces: An Overview
Chapter VII: The Right to Liberty
Chapter VIII: The Situation of Persons detained in the Guatemalan Penal System - Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay (2001)
Chapter IV: Administration of Justice and Human Rights
Section D. The Right to Personal Liberty
Section E. Torture
Section F. Prison Conditions
Chapter VII: The Rights of Children
Section C. Children and Adolescents and the Criminal Law – Prison System
Chapter VIII: Women’s Rights
Section I. Women Prisoners - Second Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Peru (2000)
Chapter VIII: Rights of the Child
Section E. Juvenile Delinquents
Chapter IX: Prison Conditions - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Dominican Republic (1999)
Chapter IV: The Right to Life
Section B. Extrajudicial Executions
b. Executions Committed in the Prisons
Chapter V: The Right to Humane Treatment
Section B. Torture and Inhumane Treatment
Chapter VI: The Right to Personal Liberty
Section D. Preventive Detention
Chapter VIII: Prison Conditions and the Situation of Prisoners
Chapter XI: Situation of Minors
Section G. Situation of Minors Deprived of their Liberty - Third report on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia (1999)
Chapter XIV: The rights of persons deprived of their liberty - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Mexico (1998)
Chapter III: Right to Personal Freedom
Section III. The Prison System
Chapter IV: The Right to Humane Treatment
Section II. Office of the public prosecutor, torture, and the principle of swift punishment - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Brazil (1997)
Chapter IV: Conditions of Detention in Brazil
Chapter V: Violence against Minors
Section C. The Right of Minors to Life and Integrity
Torture and Mistreatment of Minors by the “Military” Police
Violence and Torture in Special Institutions for Minors - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Ecuador (1997)
Chapter V: The Right to Humane Treatment
Chapter VI: The Human Rights Situation of Individuals Incarcerated within the Penal System of Ecuador
Chapter VII: The Right to Personal Liberty - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (1995)
Chapter IV: The Situation of Human Rights in Haiti
4. Cases of Human Rights Violations
Section B. Right to Personal Liberty and Humane Treatment
Chapter V: The Return of the Democratic Regime to Haiti
4. The Situation in the Prisons - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (1994)
Chapter IV: The Human Rights Situation in Haiti
Section D. Status of Selected Human Rights Cases
b. Right to Personal Liberty and Right to Humane Treatment - Second Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Colombia (1993)
Chapter VI: The Right to Personal Security and Humane Treatment - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Peru (1993)
Chapter III. The Situation since April 5, 1992
Section C. Participation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
e. The Prison Situation - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (1990)
Chapter II: Right to Life and Humane Treatment
4. Violations of the Right to Humane Treatment - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Panama (1989)
Chapter III: Right to Humane Treatment
Chapter IV: Right to Personal Liberty - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (1988)
Chapter III: The Right to Life, Liberty and Security
Section C. The Practice of the Government of Haiti in the Matter of Personal Liberty - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay (1987)
Chapter II: The Right to Life and Personal Security
Section B. The Government’s Practice
Section D. Torture
Chapter III : The Right to Personal Liberty - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Chile
Chapter III: The Right to Life
Section D. Illegal Executions
b. Death Resulting from Torture
Chapter IV: The Right to Personal Integrity
Section D. Torture
Chapter V: Right to Personal Liberty
Section C. The Practice of Government of Chile in the Matter of Personal Liberty
e. Place of Detention - Second Report on the Human Rights Situation in Suriname (1985)
Chapter IV: Right to Humane Treatment
Section D. Cases of Torture
Section E. Centers of Detention - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Republic of Guatemala (1983)
Chapter III: Right to Personal Liberty, Security and Integrity
Section B: Writ of Habeas Corpus or Personal Appearance
Section D: The Right to Personal Security and Integrity in Practice - The Situation of Human Rights in Cuba Seventh Report (1983)
Chapter III: Right to Liberty and Personal Security
Section C. Practice
2. Prison Conditions for Political Prisoners - Report on the Human Rights Situation in Suriname (1983)
Chapter III: Other Human Rights
Section B. The Right to Personal Integrity - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Republic of Colombia (1981)
Chapter IV: Right to Personal Security and Humane Treatment - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Republic of Guatemala (1981)
Chapter III: Right to Liberty - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Republic of Nicaragua (1981)
Chapter V: Right to Humane Treatment - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Argentina (1980)
Chapter II: The Right to Life
Section C. Death in Prisons Attributed by Claimants to Government Agents
Chapter IV: The Right to Liberty
Section D. House Arrest
Section E. The System of Restricted Liberty
Section F. Statements Concerning the Physical Liberty of Persons, received by the Commission during the on-site Observation
Chapter V: The Right to Personal Security - Sixth Report on the Situation of Political Prisoners in Cuba (1979)
Chapter II: Situation of Political Prisoners
Chapter III: An Analysis of Certain Individual Cases Submitted to the IACHR - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (1979)
Chapter II: Right to Life, Liberty, and Personal Security
Section C. Other Deaths in Prison
Section E. Personal Security
Chapter III: Right of Protection from Arbitrary Arrest and Right to Due Process of Law - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in El Salvador (1978)
Chapter III: Right to Humane Treatment
Chapter IV: The Right to Physical Liberty - Report on the Situation of Human Right in Nicaragua (1978)
Chapter III: The Right to Personal Integrity
Chapter IV: Physical Freedom and the Administration of Justice - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Panama (1978)
Chapter II: The Right to Life, Liberty and Personal Security
Chapter III: The Right of Protection from Arbitrary Arrest –habeas corpus - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay (1978)
Chapter III: Physical Liberty of the Person, Habeas Corpus and Recurso de Amparo
Chapter IV: Right to Personal Integrity - Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Uruguay (1978)
Chapter III: The Right to Humane Treatment
Chapter IV: Right to Physical Liberty - Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Chile (1977)
Chapter III: Physical Liberty of the person, Habeas Corpus and Recurso de Amparo
Chapter IV: Right to Personal Integrity - Second Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Chile (1976)
Chapter III: Physical Liberty of the Person, Habeas Corpus and Recurso de Amparo
Chapter IV: Right to Personal Integrity - Fifth Report on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the Status of Human Rights in Cuba (1976)
Chapter I: Status of Political Prisoners in Cuba
Section B. Right to Justice and Right to Protection from Arbitrary Arrest - Report on the Status of Human Rights in Chile (1974)
Chapter V. Detention Facilities and Testimony of Prisoners on Tortures
Chapter VI: Installations the Commission was not able to Visit / Establishments Denounced as Torture Centers - Second on the Situation of Political Prisoners and their Families in Cuba (1970)
See Chapter I, Situation of Political Prisoners in Cuba; Section B, Right to Protection against Arbitrary Detention (Available only in Spanish) - Report on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the Status of Human Rights in Cuba (1967)
See Sections C, D, E and F (Available only in Spanish) - Report on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on its Activities in the Dominican Republic (1966)
Chapter II: Activities of the Commission
Section C. Visits to prisons and to the interior of the Country
Chapter III: Observance of Human Rights
Section B. Violation of the Right to Liberty and Personal Security
Section C. Violation to the Right to Protection from Arbitrary Arrest - Report on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on its Activities in the Dominican Republic (1965)
See Chapter IV, Sections B and C. (Available only in Spanish) - Report on the Situation of Political Prisoners and their Families in Cuba (1963)
See Chapters III, IV and V (Available only in Spanish) - Report on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the Status of Human Rights in Cuba (1962)
See Chapter III (Available only in Spanish)