Paraguay: Legal concern / Harsh conditions

Index AI : AMR 45/011/2009
Date de publication : 12 juin 2009
Catégorie(s) : Paraguay

The Paraguayan Congress is at risk of jeopardizing the Paraguayan State´s compliance with a legally binding judgment by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR). Congress is currently studying a bill which, if rejected, could seriously undermine a significant positive national and international precedent for collective land rights for Indigenous Peoples.