Inter-American Court Judgment - Cantoral Benavides Case

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the Cantoral Benavides Case on August 18, 2000. In this judgment, the Court established that the criminal offense of treason violates the principle of legality, considered the cornerstone of the rule of law and a structural principle of criminal law. The judgment analyzed due process violations in the context of Peruvian anti-terrorist legislation.