The Court held Suriname responsible for failures to investigate the 1986 attack and for violations connected to displacement and community rights. The judgment recognized that state violence had...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights found Nicaragua violated the property rights of the Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni community by failing to demarcate and title its traditional lands. It ordered...
In Saramaka People v. Suriname, the Inter-American Court recognized collective property rights of a tribal people and ordered legal recognition, consultation and safeguards for projects affecting...