Browsing by Autor "Camila Uribe Sanabria"

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COULD THE INTERAMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM HAVE PREVENTED THE EXISTENCE OF FALSE VICTIMS IN THE MAPIRIPÁN CASE
(2013) Camila Uribe Sanabria; Natalia Ortiz
Although the Inter-American system on Human Rights, enjoy a fair deal of legitimacy among its members and the international community, the Inter-American Commission and Court on Human Rights have experienced certain criticism. Mostly, member States have hinted on the fact that the Court has a strong reticence in deploying fact-finding missions even when dealing with sensitive cases that require a high level of fact analysis. On the other hand, the Commission has been placed under the inquisitor eye and has lost credibility amongst States. The above critiques have recently become stronger with the scandal of the false victims in Mapiripan. Accordingly, it has been argued that the existence of false victims responds partly to a lack of conscious assessment by the Commission and the Court. Several declarations of the Colombian government have hinted on this aspect and consequently Colombia has requested the Court to revise its judgment. Despite the fact that the Court has never agreed to revise its judgments, the impact that this case has on the credibility of the system has compelled the Court to do so. Thus, the main objective of this article is to analyze if the existence of false victims could have been prevented if both organs would have engaged more actively in fact-finding activities.
PUDO LA CORTE INTERAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS HABER PREVENIDO LA EXISTENCIA DE VÍCTIMAS FALSAS EN EL CASO DE LA MASACRE DE MAPIRIPÁN
(2013) Camila Uribe Sanabria; Natalia Ortiz
Aunque el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos ostenta un alto grado de legitimidad entre sus Estados miembros, la Comision y la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos recientemente han experimentado algunas criticas. Sobre todo, los Estados miembros han dado a entender que el Sistema ha mostrado una fuerte reticencia en el despliegue de visitas in loco e investigativas para determinar la veracidad de los hechos denunciados, incluso cuando se trata de casos delicados que requieren un alto grado de analisis. Lo anterior aumento recientemente con el escandalo de las falsas victimas en Mapiripan. Asi, se ha sostenido que la existencia de victimas falsas responde, en parte, a la falta de una evaluacion consciente por parte de la Comision y de la Corte. Varias declaraciones del Gobierno colombiano han hecho alusion a este aspecto y, en consecuencia, Colombia ha solicitado a la Corte que revise la sentencia. A pesar de que la Corte nunca ha aceptado revisar sus sentencias, el impacto que este caso tiene sobre la credibilidad del sistema ha obligado a la Corte a hacerlo. Asi, el objetivo principal de este articulo es analizar si la existencia de victimas falsas podria haberse evitado si el Sistema hubiera desplegado actividades de investigacion de los hechos de manera mas activa.