May 23, 2024 – The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association, along with counsel Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, today filed an amicus curiae brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the case Chirinos et al. v. Venezuela. The submission relates to the jurisdiction of the Court to hear cases concerning human rights violations in Venezuela that occurred after Venezuela’s withdrawal from the American Convention on Human Rights in 2013. The amicus finds that the Court has jurisdiction over Venezuela and that it may exercise that jurisdiction with respect to human... read more
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Vance Center Submits Amicus Brief on Inter-American Court’s Jurisdiction to Hear Cases of Human Rights Violations in Venezuela
Posted on May 23, 2024
Vance Center Supports Crucial Submission in Landmark Inter-American Court Decision on Environmental Rights
Posted on March 25, 2024Photo credit: Shutterstock On March 22, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a landmark decision finding that the state of Peru violated multiple human rights of the residents of the town of La Oroya, including their right to a healthy environment. Together with the law firm Arias, the Vance Center advised David Boyd, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, in his 2022 submission to the Court in this case. This month’s decision by the Inter-American Court marks a major development in a long and arduous process for the victims seeking justice. For decades the residents... read more
Vance Center Files Brief in Landmark Climate Case at Inter-American Court
Posted on December 7, 2023The Court is considering a request for an advisory opinion outlining the obligations that States owe in relation to the climate emergency under the American Convention on Human Rights. Together with Milbank LLP, the Vance Center is representing three UN Special Rapporteurs before the Court. Earlier this year, the Inter-American Court received a request from two States, Chile and Colombia, for an advisory opinion on States’ climate obligations under the American Convention. The Vance Center’s Environment Program has worked with Milbank and three UN Special Rapporteurs – the rapporteurs on human rights and the environment David Boyd; rapporteur on toxics... read more