En búsqueda de patrones que expliquen los montos que otorga la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos por daños morales
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2023
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Universidade Federal do Paraná
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Este trabajo busca criterios que ayuden a entender el modo como la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos define el monto de las indemnizaciones que otorga por concepto de daño moral. Para hacerlo, analiza tres tipos de casos que permiten hacer comparaciones: casos relativos a la aplicación de la pena de muerte, casos sobre libertad de expresión y casos en los que la Corte decide no conceder indemnizaciones por daño moral. Dentro de las conclusiones del trabajo, se observa que la Corte utiliza criterios objetivos al determinar los montos que concede como indemnizaciones por daños morales. Tales criterios dependen más del derecho violado, que de los sufrimientos de las víctimas específicas.
This paper tries to find patterns that may allow understanding the way how the Inter-American Court of Human Rights defines the amounts it grants as compensations for non-pecuniary damages. In order to do so, this work analyzes three kinds of cases that allow comparisons: cases related to the death penalty, cases about freedom of expression, and cases in which the Court decided not to grant compensations for non-pecuniary damages. Within the conclusions of this paper, we find that the Inter-American Court uses objective criteria for determining the amount it grants as compensation for non-pecuniary damages. Thus, when defining the amount of compensation, the Court takes more into consideration the rights that the State violated than the individual victims' sufferings.
This paper tries to find patterns that may allow understanding the way how the Inter-American Court of Human Rights defines the amounts it grants as compensations for non-pecuniary damages. In order to do so, this work analyzes three kinds of cases that allow comparisons: cases related to the death penalty, cases about freedom of expression, and cases in which the Court decided not to grant compensations for non-pecuniary damages. Within the conclusions of this paper, we find that the Inter-American Court uses objective criteria for determining the amount it grants as compensation for non-pecuniary damages. Thus, when defining the amount of compensation, the Court takes more into consideration the rights that the State violated than the individual victims' sufferings.
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Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Indemnizaciones, Daño moral, Pena de muerte, Libertad de expresión, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Com-pensations, Non-pecuniary damages, Death penalty, Free-dom of expression