FIAN asks Paraguayan Supreme Court to Intervene on Behalf of Indigenous Sawhoyamaxa
In 2006 the Inter American Human Rights Court (IAHRC) issued a decision condemning the Paraguayan State for the violation of a number of human rights of the indigenous Community of the Sawhoyamaxa.
To date the Paraguayan state has not implemented the decision and the Sawhoyamaxa continue to be the victims of hunger and malnutrition due to the to the non-restitution of their traditional lands.In 2012 the Paraguayan Supreme Court requested information regarding the implementation of the IAHRC decision from the Paraguayan government. In the attached letter, FIAN International is using the occasion of this request to ask the court to promote the continuation of the on-going negotiations, which would allow for the restitution of the land, and to adopt all necessary measures to ensure the implementation of the IAHRC’s decision.