Letícia Machado Haertel
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Letícia Machado Haertel is a Brazilian lawyer, historian, and consultant practicing mainly in International Law, Cultural Heritage, and Human Rights. She holds a Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M) from the Ludwig Maximillian University (Germany), a Master’s Degree in History and Cultural Assets from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Brazil), and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in International Cultural Heritage Law from University of Geneva (Switzerland). She currently works as a Knowledge Management and Capacity Building Consultant at UNICEF, serves as a legal assistant to a member of the UN International Law Commission, and acts as an advisor to Brazilian institutions on cultural heritage disputes, having previously served as a Judge’s Clerk at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
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From the Right to be Consulted to the Right to No Contact: The Inter-American Court Faces Its First Case on Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation
March 20, 2025
Letícia Machado Haertel
Yesterday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published a landmark ruling in the case of Pueblos Indígenas Tagaeri y Taromenane v. Ecuador, the first case in its 45-year history to address the rights of Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation. The case concerns Ecuador’s international responsibility for the violation of…
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From the Right to be Consulted to the Right to No Contact: The Inter-American Court Faces Its First Case on Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation
March 20, 2025
Letícia Machado Haertel
Yesterday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published a landmark ruling in the case of Pueblos Indígenas Tagaeri y Taromenane v. Ecuador, the first case in its 45-year history to address the rights of Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation. The case concerns Ecuador’s international responsibility for the violation of…