Friday, November 10, 2023
Volume:
39
Issue:
12
Abstract:
On November 9, 2023, Manny and Patricia Oliver, parents of the then 16-year-old son, Joaquin, who was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida filed a first-of-its kind human rights lawsuit against the U.S. government. The action requests a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that U.S. gun policy violates human rights law and cost their son Oliver his right to life.