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What is the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights?

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is an autonomous judicial institution that rules whether a state has violated an individual’s human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean._x000D_

Latin America LGBTQ+ News Fact

_x000D_The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled on Monday, June 28, 2021, that the Honduran government was responsible for the 2009 killing of Vicky Hernández, a 26 years-old transgender woman, amid a wave of transgender killings that followed a June 2009 coup in which the country’s president was ousted from power. The court ordered the government of Honduras to continue its investigation into the case and enact measures to prevent violence against LGBTQ+ people, including allowing transgender people to officially alter their gender identity, which sets a legal precedent for Latin America and the Caribbean.

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