This case is about slave labor used by a farm until the early 2000s in the State of Pará, in Brazil’s poor North-East, and the State’s repeated failure to stop the practice, punish those responsible and provide victims remedies. The Court found Brazil in violation of several articles of the American Convention, while it declined to exercise jurisdiction over some violations because the facts occurred before Brazil’s acceptance of the Court’s jurisdiction.
Case Summary: Trabajadores de la Hacienda Brasil Verde v. Brazil, Case Summary
Year
2016
Country
Violations Against The Inter-American Convention On Human Rights
Did the State Accept International Responsibility?
Did the State Raise Preliminary Objections?
Judges
Separate Opinions
Reparations
Case Summary
Yes