📋 Tender Overview
Today, May 29, the 167th Session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights concluded, held in Brasília and Manaus, at the invitation of the Brazilian government and with the support of the Federal Supreme Court and other bodies of the federal Judiciary, as well as the government of Amazonas and the Court of Justice of that state.
The delegation included the president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, judge Nancy Hernández López (Costa Rica), the vice-president, judge Rodrigo Mudrovitsch (Brazil), as well as judges Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto (Colombia), Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot (Mexico), Verónica Gómez (Argentina), as well as the Secretary of the Court, Pablo Saavedra Alessandri.
From May 20th to 24th, in Brasília, the judges held an audience with the President of the Republic. They participated in meetings with the presidents of the Federal Senate and the Federal Supreme Court, with the ministers of Human Rights and Citizenship and the Federal Attorney General's Office and with other authorities from the Executive, Judiciary and Public Ministry. They also held a seminar on the challenges and impacts of the Court's jurisprudence and hearings on cases in progress and sentence follow-up. At the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic, a meeting was held on the situation of the Yanomami, at which time the Brazilian government presented updated information on the measures adopted to protect the human rights of those indigenous people.
On May 24, the Court began the public hearing on the request for an advisory opinion on “climate emergency and human rights”. On the occasion, the delegation led by Itamaraty presented Brazil's contribution to the consultation. The hearing continued in Manaus, from May 27th to 29th, and was attended by 265 organizations and representatives of civil society from different countries. In Manaus, the Court met with the governor of Amazonas and with authorities from the state Judiciary.
The holding of the 167th Session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is a demonstration of Brazil's unequivocal commitment to the Inter-American System for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and reinforces the recognition of the fundamental role played by the Court and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in promotion and protection of human rights.
The Court is an autonomous judicial body responsible for applying and interpreting the American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of Saint Joseph of Costa Rica). Brazil ratified the Pact in 1992 and recognized the Court's mandatory jurisdiction in 1998.
