Blanco Romero et al. v. Venezuela
Legal Relevance
Keywords: Deprivation of Liberty | Right to Know the Truth | Duty to Investigate | Punishment
Themes: Justice and Truth | Search
The State fully acknowledged its responsibility for the facts. As part of the reparations, the Court ordered an investigation into the facts; the identification, prosecution and punishment of those responsible; and the location of the victims' whereabouts.
Judgment Date
November 28, 2005
Country
Venezuela
Judicial Body
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Articles violated
Article 1(1) [ACHR], Article 2 [ACHR], Article 4(1) [ACHR], Article 5(1) [ACHR], Article 5(2) [ACHR], Article 7(1) [ACHR], Article 7(2) [ACHR], Article 7(3) [ACHR], Article 7(4) [ACHR], Article 7(5) [ACHR], Article 7(6) [ACHR], Article 8 [ACHR], Article 8(1) [ACHR], Article 8(2) [ACHR], Article 25 [ACHR], Article 1(a) [IACFDP], Article 1(b) [IACFDP], Article 10 [IACFDP], Article 11 [IACFDP]
Articles not violated / not dealt with
Article 1(1) [ACHR], Article 8 [ACHR], Article 13 [ACHR], Article 25 [ACHR], Article 27 [ACHR]
Facts of the Case
Between 21 and 23 December 1999, Messrs. Oscar José Blanco Romero, Roberto Javier Hernández Paz and José Francisco Rivas Fernández were disappeared by the army in the context of a state of emergency resulting from an environmental catastrophe.