Caso Velásquez Rodríguez

The Velásquez Rodríguez case was a landmark human rights case in 1986 involving the illegal disappearance of a Honduran student, Manuel Velásquez Rodríguez, by government forces. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that the Honduran government was responsible for his disappearance, establishing that states can be held accountable for human rights violations, even in cases involving non-state actors. This decision emphasized the importance of government responsibility in protecting human rights and set a precedent for holding governments accountable for abuses, reinforcing the job of international bodies in safeguarding individual rights.