Daily Archives: 10/10/2010

For the third time in the past five years, Paraguay was found guilty of violating indigenous human rights. Specifically, in a decision written on August 24, 2010, made public in late September, and reported on earlier this week by the Paraguayan press, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (a part of the OAS) found that Paraguay was continuing to violate the human rights of the Xákmok Kásek Community, and ordered the country to compensate the community with land and money. Continue reading →