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Almonacid-Arellano v. Chile

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

I.A.C.H.R Series C, No. 154 (2006)

Constitutional Law
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Chile's military government executed Almonacid-Arellano in 1973 and later passed a decree granting amnesty for crimes committed during that period; his family (plaintiffs) challenged the amnesty decree before the Inter-American Court, arguing it unlawfully shielded the perpetrators and denied the family's rights under the American Convention on Human Rights.

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Whether crimes against humanity may be pardoned by amnesty laws.

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