Afro-Descendants

Thematic Reports / Studies



Access to Justice as a Guarantee of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (2007)
Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas (2006)
    In these thematic reports, the IACHR refers to issues related to the rights of afro-descendants and to racial discrimination, in the following chapters:  
  • The Situation of People of African Descent in the Americas (2011)
  • Access to Justice for Women Victims of Violence in the Americas (2007)
    Chapter II: Inadequacies in the Judicial Response to Cases of Violence Against Women:  Obstacles to the Fulfillment of the Obligation to Practice due Diligence and Combat Impunity
    Section A: Administration of Justice: Inefficacy and Impunity in Cases Involving Violence against Women
    6.Access to justice for indigenous and Afro-descendant women: discrimination and racism
    b. Afro-descendant women
  • Access to Justice as a Guarantee of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (2007)
    Chapter II:  The right of access to justice and the obligation to remove economic obstacles to ensure human rights
    C. Situations of Systematic Exclusion from Access to Justice
  • Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas (2006)
    Chapter VI. Especially Exposed Groups of Defenders
    C. Indigenous and Afro-descendant leaders
  • Violence and Discrimination Against Women in the Armed Conflict in Colombia (2006)
    Chapter IV: Multiple Discrimination Against Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Women
    A. Afro-Colombian Women