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Roche Azaña v. Nicaragua
Inter-American Court of Human Rights · Nicaragua · 2020-06-03 · Regional court or body
Citation: Series C No. 403
Type of case: Constitutional and human rights
Outcome: Decided for the migrant side
Question
Was Nicaragua responsible when officers fired on a vehicle carrying migrants, and then left the survivor out of the trial?
What the court decided
Yes. The use of lethal force was unlawful, and the survivor was denied access to justice because he was not told of or included in the proceedings.
In plain language
Officers shot at a van carrying Ecuadorian migrants heading north, killing one brother and wounding the other. The survivor was never told about the trial. The Inter-American Court found Nicaragua responsible.
Dalam bahasa sederhana
Petugas menembaki van berisi migran Ekuador yang menuju utara, menewaskan satu bersaudara dan melukai yang lain. Korban selamat tidak pernah diberi tahu tentang persidangan. Mahkamah Inter-Amerika menyatakan Nikaragua bertanggung jawab.
Pertanyaan: Apakah Nikaragua bertanggung jawab saat petugas menembaki kendaraan berisi migran, lalu tidak melibatkan korban selamat dalam persidangan?
What happened afterwards
- 1996-04: Shooting.
- 2020-06-03: Judgment.
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Cite as: Institute for Migrant Rights (2026), Migration Jurisprudence from the South, version 0.1, https://theimr.org/court-decisions/d/roche-azana-2020/. This page summarizes a court decision for research and advocacy; it is not legal advice.