“This Hell Was My Only Option”
Abuses Against Migrants and Asylum Seekers Pushed to Cross the Darién Gap

November 28, 2023
Human Rights Watch respectfully submits these written observations to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the Court) in relation to its forthcoming advisory opinion on the right to care. Our submission focuses on the right to care as it relates to and intersects with the rights of people with disabilities and older persons under international human rights law, specifically their rights to full autonomy and independent living.
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