González et al. (“Cotton Field”) v. Mexico

Case No 12496, Case No 12497, Case No 12498, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 206 (November 16, 2009) (2009)

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González et al. (“Cotton Field”) v. Mexico

Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Case No 12496, Case No 12497, Case No 12498, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 206 (November 16, 2009) (2009)

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Facts

Beginning in 1993 and through the early 2000s, hundreds of young women disappeared from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The women were later discovered in a local cotton field, having been brutally murdered and often sexually assaulted. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the commission) (plaintiff) investigated the disappearances, assaults, and murders, eventually bringing suit against Mexico (defendant) in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for violations of the American Convention on Human Rights (the convention). The convention enshrines the human rights belonging to all citizens of the Americas, including a right to life, a right to personal integrity, a right to personal liberty, and freedom from gender-based discrimination. The commission charged the Mexican government with violating women’s human rights by systemically failing to protect the murder victims, investigate their disappearances and deaths in a timely manner, and prosecute the perpetrators of the crimes.

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Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)

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