VIOLAÇÕES AOS DIREITOS HUMANOS PELO PODER DE POLÍCIA NA JURISPRUDÊNCIA DA CORTE INTERAMERICANA DE DIREITOS HUMANOS

Abstract

This paper aims a better understanding of how the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights works in cases of violations of the regulatory power of the state by its agents. The analysis of contentious cases ruled by the Court, depicts the vastness of cases that violate a range of fundamental rights. This research can be classified as interdisciplinary, considering its literature include Constitutional Law, Public International Law, Administrative Law and Human Rights, as well as analysis of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights decisions. The violations approach spread over four forms of violence: arbitrary arrest, torture, forced disappearance and murder.