This Amicus curiae brief was submitted by The Equal Rights Trust to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Nadege Dorzema et al v Dominican Republic, a case concerning deaths and injury of persons of Haitian origin as a result of shots fired by border guards. ERT commented on the applicable concept of discrimination, and on the positive duty of states to investigate alleged discrimination in cases of death and injury caused by state actors.
Nadege Dorzema et al v Republica Dominicana
Wednesday, 1 August, 2012
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