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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHST (IACHR)
TO THE FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
http://scm.oas.org/pdfs/2012/CP28196S.pdf
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
OEA/Ser.L/V/II.
Doc. 69
30 December 2011
Original: Spanish
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS
2011
GENERAL SECRETARIAT
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C.
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
MEMBERS
Dinah Shelton
José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez
Rodrigo Escobar Gil
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
Felipe González
Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero
María Silvia Guillén
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Executive Secretary: Santiago A. Canton
Assistant Executive Secretary: Elizabeth Abi-Mershed
Approved by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on December 30, 2011
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER II
LEGAL BASES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE IACHR
DURING 2011 ........................................................................................................ 5
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B.
Legal bases, functions and powers..................................................................................... 5
The Commission’s sessions in 2011................................................................................... 7
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C.
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Visits .................................................................................................................................... 9
Thematic and Country Reports ......................................................................................... 11
Activities of the rapporteurships ........................................................................................ 12
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Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ......................................... 12
Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women ............................................................. 14
Rapporteurship on the Rights of the Child ........................................................... 16
Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of
Liberty in the Americas ........................................................................................ 17
Rapporteurship on the Afro-Descendants and
against Racial Discrimination ............................................................................... 19
Rapporteurship on Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families ....................... 20
Rapporteurship for Human Rights Defenders ...................................................... 21
Other events and activities ................................................................................................ 22
Financial contributions ...................................................................................................... 26
Activities of the Inter-American Commission in connection to the
Inter-American Court ......................................................................................................... 26
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141st regular period of sessions (Washington, D.C.) ............................................. 7
142nd regular period of sessions (Washington, D.C.) ............................................ 8
143rd regular period of sessions (Washington, D.C.) ............................................. 8
Referral of contentious cases .............................................................................. 30
Requests for provisional measures...................................................................... 39
Appearance and participation in public and private hearings .............................. 42
Presentation of written observations to State reports in cases
under supervision on compliance ........................................................................ 42
Presentation of written observations to State reports on the
implementation of provisional measures ............................................................. 43
Forty-First regular session of the General Assembly of the OAS ..................................... 43
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CHAPTER III
THE PETITION AND CASE SYSTEM................................................................. 45
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B.
C.
Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 45
Statistics ............................................................................................................................ 47
Petitions and cases before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ............... 71
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Precautionary measures granted or extended by the IACHR in 2011.............................. 71
2.
Petitions declared admissible
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Report No. 3/11, Néstor Rolando López et al.
Petition 491-98 (Argentina)
Report No. 82/11, José Luis Hernández
Petition 616-98 (Argentina)
Report No. 5/11, Iván Rocha
Petition 702-03 (Brazil)
Report No. 143/11, Mauricio Hernández Norambuena
Petition 303-05 (Brazil)
Report No. 144/11, Pedro Stábile Neto et al.
Petition 1050-06 (Brazil)
Report No. 145/11, Clélia de Lourdes Goldenberg and Rita de Cassia da Rosa
Petition 1140-04 (Brazil)
Report No. 146/11, Hildebrando Silva de Freitas
Petition No. 405-07 (Brazil)
Report No. 173/11, Alejandro Daniel Esteve and sons
Petition 897-04 (Brazil)
Report No. 2/11, Arles Edisson Guzmán Medina et al. (Comuna 13)
Petition 1144-04 (Colombia)
Report No. 6/11, Jahel Quiroga Carrillo
Petition 311-08 (Colombia)
Report No. 7/11, Leonel Enrique Lázaro Ospina
Petition 843-04 (Colombia)
Report No. 102/11, Víctor Manuel Isaza Uribe and his family
Petition 10.737 (Colombia)
Report No. 103/11, Fredy Alberto Alvarez et al. (Comuna 13)
Petition 1142-04 (Colombia)
Report No. 104/11, Elio Gelves Carrillo et al.
Petition 12.336 (Colombia)
Report No. 149/11, Families belonging to the Blanquicet Agricultural Workers
Cooperative (COTRAGROBLAN)
Petition 873-06 (Colombia)
Report No. 150/11, Angel Alberto Duque
Petition 123-05 (Colombia)
Report No. 151/11, Luis Giován Laverde Moreno et al.
Petition 1077-06 (Colombia)
Report No. 152/11, Luis and Leonardo Caizales Dogenesama
Petition 1400-06 (Colombia)
Report No. 72/11, William Gómez Vargas
Petition 1164-05 (Costa Rica)
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Report No. 105/11, La Reforma
Petition 233-04 et al. (Costa Rica)
Report No. 1/11, Saúl Filormo Cañar Pauta
Petition 295-03 (Ecuador)
Report No. 8/11, Aníbal Alonso Aguas Acosta
Petition 302-03 (Ecuador)
Report No. 147/11, José Antonio Gómez Tello, Iván Víctor Enríquez Feijóo, Sssy
Ivette, and Wendy Estahel Encalada Cherrez
Petitions 4418-02 and 980-03 (Ecuador)
Report No. 148/11, Gonzalo Orlando Cortéz Espinoza
Petition 12.268 (Ecuador)
Report No. 153/11, Danny Honorio Bastidas Meneses et al.
Petitiion 189-03 (Ecuador)
Report No. 156/11, Diego Patricio Jacome Maldonado
Petition 11.777 (Ecuador)
Report No. 154/11, Ramón Rosendo Alarcón
Petition 12.197 (Ecuador)
Report No. 155/11, Walter Ernesto Reyes Mantilla, Vicente Hipólito Arce Ronquillo,
and José Frank Serrano Barrera
Petitions 12.087, 12.089, and 12.235 (Ecuador)
Report No. 172/11, Ricardo Vaca Andrade
Petition 13-04 (Ecuador)
Report No. 157/11, René Mauricio Artiga Navarro et al.
Petition 902-03 (El Salvador)
Report No. 70/11, Adán Guillermo López Lone et al.
Petition 975-10 (Honduras)
Report No. 13/11, Blanca Olivia Contreras Vital et al.
Petition No. 548-04 (Mexico)
Report No. 158/11, Mariana Selvas Gómez et al.
Petition 512-08 (Mexico)
Report No. 159/11, Vicenta Sánchez Valdivieso
Petition 737-03 (Mexico)
Report No. 9/11, Orlando Abel Obando Reyes et al.
Petition 1205-07 (Nicaragua)
Report No. 160/11, I.V.N.R.
Petition 13-08 (Panama)
Report No. 10/11, Vicente Ariel Noguera
Petition 12.329 (Paraguay)
Report No. 106/11, Reinaldo Barreto Medina and Florencio Florentín Mosqueira
Petition 1082-03 (Paraguay)
Report No. 161/11, Juan de los Santos Giménez
Petition 733-99 (Paraguay)
Report No. 162/11, L.M. et al.
Petition 1474-10 (Paraguay)
Report No. 11/11, Jesús Reynaldo Aguirre Ching
Petition 697-04 (Peru)
Report No. 12/11, Gino Olórtegui Peñaherrera
Petition 69-04 (Peru)
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Report No. 68/11, Simeón Miguel Caballero Denegri
and Andrea Victoria Denegri Espinoza
Petition 1095-03 (Peru)
Report No. 69/11, Magda Mateo Bruno
Petition 10.949 (Peru)
Report No. 107/11, Moisés S. Limaco Huayascachi, Néstor Andrés Luyo,
and Mario Merwan Chira
Petitions 1105-04, 1201-04, and 1216-04 (Peru)
Report No. 108/11, Cory Clodolia Tenicela Tello et al.
Petition 422-03 (Peru)
Report No. 109/11, Marco Antonio Abarca Rupay
Petition 1194-04 (Peru)
Report No. 110/11, Carlos Braulio Arana Franco
Petition 801-98 (Peru)
Report No. 111/11, José Félix Arce Apaza and Luis Enrique Quispe Vega
Petitions 240-00, and 4582-02 (Peru)
Report No. 112/11, Héctor Fidel Cordero Bernal
Petition 911-98 (Peru)
Report No. 113/11, Wilbert Apaza Vargas
Petition 12.125 (Peru)
Report No. 163/11, Teresa Díaz Aparicio
Petition 11.054 (Peru)
Report No. 164/11, Freddy Bill Cordero Palomino
Petition 490-01 (Peru)
Report No. 83/11, Kevin Dial and Andrew Dottin
Petition 12.145 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Report No. 60/11, P-11.575, Clarence Allen Lackey; P-12.201, David Leisure; P2566-02, Anthony Green; P-4538-02, James Brown; P-4659-02, Larry Eugene Moon;
P-784-03 - Edward Hartman; P-580-04 - Robert Karl Hicks; P-607-04 - Troy Albert
Kunkle; P-187-05 - Stephen Anthony Mobley; P-1246-05 - Jaime Elizalde, Jr.; P-36006 - Ángel Maturino Resendiz; P-1232-07 - Heliberto Chi Aceituno; P-873-10 - David
Powell; P-907-10 - Ronnie Gardner
Report No. 115/11, Pedro Luis Medina
Petition 11.829 (United States)
Report No. 116/11, Miguel Angel Flores
Petition 12.333 (United States)
Report No. 117/11, James Wilson Chambers
Petition 12.341 (United States)
Report No. 131/11, Kevin Cooper
Petition 593-11 (United States)
Report No. 132/11, Gregory Thompson
Petition 194-04 (United States)
Report No. 133/11, Felix Rocha Diaz
Petition 259-11 (United States)
Report No. 134/11, Undocumented Workers
Petition 1190-06 (United States)
Report No. 4/11, Jimmy Rafael Guerrero Meléndez,
and Ramón Antonio Molina and family
Petition 289-08 (Venezuela)
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Petitions declared inadmissible
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Report No. 14/11, Orlando Edgardo Olivares Muñoz
Petition 1347-07 (Venezuela
Report No. 114/11, Marcel Granier et al.
Petition 243-07 (Venezuela)
Report No. 121/11, María Angélica González et al.
Petition 96-04 (Venezuela)
Report No. 122/11, Dianora Maleno
Petition 454-06 (Venezuela)
Report No. 165/11, Rafael Rodríguez Castañeda
Petition 492-08 (Mexico)
Report No. 174/11, Joel Arriaga Navarro
Petition 342-02 (Mexico)
Report No. 15/11, Luis Alberto Ruesta Adrianzén
Petition 222-03 (Peru)
Report No. 16/11, Members of the Federation of Peruvian Light
and Power Workers
Petition 12.074 (Peru)
Report No. 17/11, José Luis Forzzani Ballardo
Petition 277-01 (Peru)
Report No. 118/11, René José Sánchez Rivera
Petition 182-03 (Peru)
Report No. 119/11, Marcos Mauricio Lecca Vergara et al.
Petition 648-98 (Peru)
Report No. 120/11, Teófilo Sánchez Minaya
Petition 55-05 (Peru)
Report No. 166/11, Ballinas Granados and Ballinas López Heirs
Petition 970-06 (Peru)
Report No. 167/11, Joffre Fernández Valdivieso et al.
Petition 12.077 (Peru)
Friendly Settlements
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Report No. 19/11, Inocencio Rodríguez
Petition 2829-02 (Argentina)
Report No. 20/11, Aníbal Acosta y L. Hirsh
Petition 11.708 (Argentina)
Report No. 21/11, Ricardo Monterisi
Petition 11.833 (Argentina)
Report No. 84/11, Inmates of the Penitentiary of Mendoza
Petition 12.532 (Argentina)
Report No. 85/11, Juan Carlos de la Torre
Petition 12.306 (Argentina)
Report No. 168/11, Menéndez, Caride, et al.
Petition 11.670 (Argentina)
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Reports on the Merits
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Report No. 86/11, María Soledad Cisternas
Petition 12.232 (Chile)
Report No. 22/11, Gloria José Yaquetto Paredes et al.
Petition 71-06 et al.
Report No. 73/11, Juan José López
Case 11.395 (Argentina)
Report No. 78/11, John Doe
Case 12.586 (Canada)
Report No. 79/11, James Zapata Valencia and José Heriberto Ramírez
Case 10.916 (Colombia)
Report No. 80/11, Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales)
Case 12.626 (United States)
Report No. 81/11, Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan
Case 12.776 (United States)
Archival decisions
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Report No. 26/11, Ricardo Neira González
Petition 11.685 (Argentina)
Report No. 123/11, Domingo Felipe Cavallo
Petition 12.123 (Argentina)
Report No. 23/11, Joaquim Marcelo Denadai et al.
Petition 12.003 (Brazil)
Report No. 87/11, Paulo Veronesi Pavesi
Petition 893-07 (Brazil)
Report No. 88/11, 16 Indigenous Yanomami
Petition 11.745 (Brazil)
Report No. 28/11, José Vicente Apolinar Arias and Macario Reinoso
Petition 11.021 (Colombia)
Report No. 29/11, Julio Edgar Galvis Quimbay et al.
Petition 11.293 (Colombia)
Report No. 30/11, Reinaldo Eustorgio Riveros Chaparro et al.
Petition 11.653 (Colombia)
Report No. 31/11, Antonio Palacios Urrea et al.
Petition 10.952 (Colombia)
Report No. 32/11, Luz Beatriz Pedraza Bernal
Petition 11.651 (Colombia)
Report No. 33/11, Omayra Montoya Henao and Mauricio Trujillo Uribe
Petition 7.800 (Colombia)
Report No. 34/11, Néstor Alvaro Martínez Parrado et al.
Petition 11.539 (Colombia)
Report No. 35/11, Luis Miguel Vergara de León
Petition 11.723 (Colombia)
Report No. 124/11, José Angel Aparicio Gómez
Petition 11.786 (Colombia)
Report No. 125/11, Jairo Colmenares Araque and Fernando Avila Barreto
Petition 11.747 (Colombia)
Report No. 36/11, David Sebastián Pintucci
Petition 12.131 (Ecuador)
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Report No. 37/11, Diego Paredes Peña
Petition 11.776 (Ecuador)
Report No. 38/11, Segundo Stivenson Ramos Salazar
Petition 11.488 (Ecuador)
Report No. 126/11, Jorge E. Aguilar Cabezas
Petition 12.304 (Ecuador)
Report 39/11, Andy Mitchell et al.
Petition 9.239 (Grenada)
Report No. 40/11, André Apaid et al.
Petition 664-03 (Haiti)
Report No. 91/11, Jean Paul Bin-Aimé
Petition 483-00 (Haiti)
Report No. 41/11, Neville Whyte
Petition 11.215 (Jamaica)
Report No. 42/11, Regan Beckford et al.
Petition 264-03 (Jamaica)
Report No. 43/11, César Augusto Puerto Narváez
Petition 362-04 (Mexico)
Report No. 44/11, Martín Godínez Jara et al.
Petition 217-03 (Mexico)
Report No. 92/11, Antonio Fragoso Durán et al.
Petition 603-03 (Mexico)
Report No. 127/11, Rubén Alfredo Morales Ramos
Petition 1005-03 (México)
Report No. 128/11, Luis Martínez Hernández
Petition 2569-02 (México)
Report No. 129/11, José Gustavo Plaza Rocío
Petition 200-04 (Mexico)
Report No. 130/11, Honorio Gallegos González
Petition 436-03 (Mexico)
Report No. 45/11, Tomás Flores Huanío et al.
Petition 11.530 (Peru)
Report 46/11, Isabel Zea Altamirano et al.
Petition 11.679 (Peru)
Report No. 47/11, Marcela Ximena González Astudillo et al.
Petition 11.875 (Peru)
Report No. 48/11, Alberto Melecio Gutiérrez Tudela
Petition 12.098 (Peru)
Report No. 49/11, Leif Leonidas Avendaño Cama
Petition 12.163 (Peru)
Report No. 50/11, Mirtha Andrea Santti Ali
Petition 12.155 (Peru)
Report No. 51/11, Beatriz Roxana Espinoza Solís
Petition 12.164 (Peru)
Report No. 52/11, Carlos Ortega López
Petition 12.166 (Peru)
Report No. 53/11, Orlando Ascue Pozo
Petition 670-98 (Peru)
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CHAPTER IV
Report No. 54/11, Hugo Zapata Gutiérrez
Petition 11.301 (Peru)
Report No. 55/11, Juan de Mata Jara Berrospi
Petition 12.160 (Peru)
Report No. 56/11, Federico Aurelio Anton Anton
Petition 11.602 (Peru)
Report No. 93/11, Jesús Clemente Collas Berru
Petition 12.083 (Peru)
Report No. 94/11, Walter Lorenzo Delgado Rojas
Petition 705-98 (Peru)
Report No. 95/11, Isaías Hinostroza Baldeón and María Jesús Salvador Ricra
Petition 806-98 (Peru)
Report No. 96/11, Javier Diez Canseco and Gustavo Mohme
Petition 11.780 (Peru)
Report No. 57/11, Marveil Boiselle
Petition 1438-05 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Report No. 58/11, Mark Teeluck
Petition 703-05 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Report No. 97/11, Robert Taylor
Petition 12.245 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Report No. 89/11, Francisco Ruiz et al.
Petition 11.072 (United States)
Report No. 90/11, Robert Bacon Jr.
Petition 12.381 (United States)
Report No. 59/11, José Luis Palomares
Petition 10.442 (Venezuela)
Report No. 98/11, Vicente Amengual
Petition 664-02 (Venezuela)
Status of compliance with the recommendations of the IACHR ....................................... 93
HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 305
Colombia ...................................................................................................................................... 309
Cuba ............................................................................................................................................. 361
Honduras ...................................................................................................................................... 397
Venezuela .................................................................................................................................... 433
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