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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHST (IACHR)
TO THE FORTY-THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
OEA/Ser.L/V/II.147
Doc. 1
5 March 2013
Original: Spanish
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS
2012
GENERAL SECRETARIAT
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C.
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
MEMBERS
José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez
Tracy Robinson
Felipe González
Dinah Shelton
Rodrigo Escobar Gil
Rosa María Ortiz
Rose-Marie Belle Antoine
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Executive Secretary: Emilio Álvarez-Icaza
Assistant Executive Secretary: Elizabeth Abi-Mershed
Approved by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on March 5 2013
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER II
LEGAL BASES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE IACHR DURING 2012 ..................... 9
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B.
Legal bases, functions and powers..................................................................................... 9
The Commission’s sessions in 2012................................................................................. 11
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C.
D.
E.
Visits .................................................................................................................................. 14
Thematic and Country Reports ......................................................................................... 16
Activities of the rapporteurships ........................................................................................ 17
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H.
Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ......................................... 17
Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women ............................................................. 18
Rapporteurship on the Rights of the Child ........................................................... 20
Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of
Liberty in the Americas ........................................................................................ 23
Rapporteurship on the Afro-Descendants and
against Racial Discrimination ............................................................................... 25
Rapporteurship on Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families ....................... 26
Rapporteurship for Human Rights Defenders ...................................................... 27
Unit for the Rights of Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Bisexual,
and Intersex Persons ........................................................................................... 30
Unit on Unit on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ........................................ 31
Other events and activities ................................................................................................ 32
Financial contributions ...................................................................................................... 36
Activities of the Inter-American Commission in connection to the
Inter-American Court ......................................................................................................... 37
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2.
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5.
I.
144tH regular period of sessions (Washington, D.C.) ........................................... 11
145th regular period of sessions (Washington, D.C.) ........................................... 13
146th regular period of sessions (Washington, D.C.) ........................................... 13
Referral of contentious cases .............................................................................. 37
Requests for provisional measures...................................................................... 42
Appearance and participation in public and private hearings .............................. 43
Presentation of written observations to State reports in cases
under supervision on compliance ........................................................................ 44
Presentation of written observations to State reports on the
implementation of provisional measures ............................................................. 44
Forty-Second regular session of the General Assembly of the OAS ................................ 44
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CHAPTER III
THE PETITION AND CASE SYSTEM................................................................. 47
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C.
Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 47
Statistics ............................................................................................................................ 48
Petitions and cases before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Precautionary measures granted by the IACHR in 2012 .................................................. 70
2.
Petitions declared admissible
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Report No. 4/12
Petition 4115-02
Ricardo Javier Kaplun (Argentina)
Report No. 5/12
Petition 12.315
Carlos Alberto Fernández Prieto and Carlos Alejandro Tumbeiro (Argentina)
Report No. 6/12
Petition 93-05
Analía Verónica Tapia and family (Argentina
Report No. 7/12
Petition 609-98
Guillermo Armando Capo (Argentina)
Report No. 8/12
Petition 302-07
Flavio Mendes Pontes et al. (Brazil)
Report No. 10/12
Petition 341-01
Márcio Manoel Fraga and Nancy Victor da Silva (Brazil)
Report No. 11/12
Petition 6-07
Jurandir Ferreira de Lima et al. (Brazil)
Report No. 70/12
Petition 1330-07
Pedro Augusto da Silva, Inácio José da Silva et al. (Brazil)
Report No. 71/12
Petition 1073-05
Inhabitants of the “Barão de Mauá” residential complex (Brazil)
Report No. 78/12
Petition 1485-07
José Laurindo Soares (Brazil)
Report No. 79/12
Petition 342-07
Ivete Jordani Demeneck et al. (Brazil)
Report No. 80/12
Petition 859-09
Vladimir Herzog et al. (Brazil)
Report No. 81/12
Petition 404-06
Alex Edmundo Lemún Saavedra (Chile)
2.
Petitions declared admissible (continuation)
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Report No. 115/12
Petition 552-05
Giovanna Janett Vidal Vargas (Chile)
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Report No. 12/12
Petition 1447-05
Omar de Jesús Lezcano et al. (Colombia)
Report No. 55/12
Petition 179-05
Jesús Amado Sarria Agredo et al. (Colombia)
Report No. 62/12
Petition 1471-05
Yenina Esther Martínez (Colombia)
Report No. 82/12
Petition 615-04
Antonio María Rivera Movilla et al. (Colombia)
Report No. 83/12
Petition 326-00
Hernando Rangel Moreno (Colombia)
Report No. 13/12
Petition 1064-05
Luis Fernando Guevara Diaz (Costa Rica)
Report No. 14/12
Petition 670-06
Carlos Andrés Rodríguez Cárdenas (Ecuador)
Report No. 15/12
Petition 786-02
Ester Avigail Fajardo Garcés and Claudio Alfonso Naser Leal (Ecuador)
Report No. 65/12
Petition 1671-02
Alejandro Peñafiel Salgado (Ecuador)
Report No. 84/12
Petition 677-04
Luis García García et al. (Ecuador)
Report No. 85/12
Petition 381-03
S. et al. (Ecuador)
Report No. 86/12
Petition 1201-07
Cesar Lourenzo Cedeño Muñoz et al. (Ecuador)
Report No. 87/12
Petition 140-08
Maya Kaqchikel communities of Los Hornos and El Pericón I and their
members (Guatemala)
Report No. 88/12
Petition 751-06
Anette Bettina Herrera Osorio widow of Aranky et al. (Guatemala)
Report No. 19/12
Petition 1127-05
Familia de Sergio Arturo Canales Gálvez (Honduras)
2.
Petitions declared admissible (continuation)
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Report No. 114/12
Petition 524-07
Adán Guillermo López Lone et al. (Honduras)
Report No. 59/12
Petition 266-03
Lilia Alejandra García Andrade et al. (Mexico)
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Petitions declared inadmissible
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Report No. 67/12
Petition 728-04
Rogelio Morales Martínez (Mexico)
Report No. 89/12
Petition 472-03
Pedro Amador Morales et al. (Mexico)
Report No. 3/12
Petition 12.224
Santiago Antezana Cueto et al. (Peru)
Report No. 16/12
Petition 1528-11
Iván Teleguz (United States)
Report No. 17/12
Petition 900-08
Djamel Ameziane (United States)
Report No. 18/12
Petition 161-06
Juvenile Offenders Sentenced To Life Imprisonment Without Parole (United
States)
Report No. 63/12
Petition 1762-11
Virgilio Maldonado Rodriguez (United States)
Report No. 73/12
Petition 15-12
Edgar Tamayo Arias (United States)
Report No. 90/12
Petition 1056-07
Diana Maidanic et al. (Uruguay)
Report No. 20/12
Petition 1119-02
Aura de las Mercedes Pacheco Briceño and Balbina Francisca Rodríguez
Pacheco (Venezuela)
Report No. 91/12
Petition 1336-07
José Gregorio Mota Abarullo et al. (Deaths at the San Félix prison) (
Venezuela)
Report No. 116/12
Petition 374-07
Workers of the National Telecommunications Company (ENTEL) (Argentina)
Petitions declared inadmissible (continuation)
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Report No. 9/12
Petition 11.996
Márcia Cristina Rigo Leopoldi (Brazil)
Report No. 21/12
Petition 885-03
Valentina de Andrade (Brazil)
Report No. 117/12
Petition 86-07
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Demétrios Nicolaos Nikolaidis (Brazil)
Report No. 22/12
Petition 398-02
José Xavier Gando Chica (Ecuador)
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Report No. 119/12
Petition 185-03
José Adrián Mejía Mendoza et al. (El Salvador)
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Report No. 23/12
Petition 1180-04
Edgar Manuel de León (Guatemala)
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Report No. 120/12
Petition 1119-06
Sonia Victoria Wilson (Guatemala)
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Report No. 121/12
Petition 764-03
Bernarda Liliana Gómez García and Rolando Ernesto Gómez García
Honduras)
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Report No. 24/12
Petition 859-03
María Elena Macedo García (Mexico)
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Report No. 25/12
Petition 700-04
Aurora Cortina González (Mexico)
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Report No. 60/12
Petition 513-04
José Carlos Ramírez (Mexico)
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Report No. 26/12
Petition 736-03
Hernán Alberto Chumpitaz Vásquez (Peru)
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Report No. 27/12
Petition 12.222
Unified Water and Sewer Service Workers’ Union of Arequipa (Peru)
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Report No. 28/12
Petition 170-00
José Hernán Susanivar et al. (Peru)
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Report No. 29/12
Petition 12.202
Union of Regular Professors of the Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez
Carrión (Peru)
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Report No. 118/12
Petition 12.297
Edilberto Temoche Mercado (Peru)
Friendly Settlements
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Report No. 31/12
Case 12.174
Israel Geraldo Paredes Acosta (Dominican Republic)
Report No. 122/12
Petition 533-05
Julio Rubén Robles Eras (Ecuador)
Report No. 1/12
Case 11.422
Mario Alioto López Sánchez (Guatemala)
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Reports on the Merits
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Report No. 30/12
Case 12.546
Juan Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán (Guatemala)
Report No. 123/12
Petition 714-06
Ángelica Jerónimo Juárez (Guatemala)
Report No. 124/12
Petition 11.805
Carlos Enrique Jaco (Honduras)
Report No. 68/12
Case 318-05
Gerónimo Gómez López (Mexico)
Report No. 32/12
Case 11.706
Yanomami of Xaximú Indigenous Peoples´ (Venezuela)
Report No. 66/12
Case 12.324
Rubén Luis Godoy (Argentina)
Archival decisions
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Report No. 33/12
Petition 907-03
Ricardo Alberto Barreda (Argentina)
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Report No. 92/12
Petition 200-02
Mauricio Gerardo Rolón (Argentina)
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Report No. 93/12
Petition 322-02
Amado Raúl Aued (Argentina)
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Report No. 94/12
Petition 42-01
Roberto Adrián Centro (Argentina)
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Report No. 95/12
Petition 372-00
Alejandra Graciela Acosta (Argentina)
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Report No. 96/12
Petition 11.819
Christian Daniel Domínguez Domenichetti (Argentina)
Archival decisions (continuation)
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Report No. 97/12
Petition 823-07
Eduardo Emilio Sosa (Argentina)
Report No. 34/12
Petition 12.227
María Madalena Goulart Soares et al. (Brazil)
Report No. 35/12
Petition 12.276
José P. dos Santos (Brazil)
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Report No. 36/12
Petition 12.588
Alexandre Ribeiro de Oliveira (Brazil)
Report No. 37/12
Petition 11.841
Paraplegic persons deprived of liberty in the Auxiliary Hospital of the State
Penitentiary of São Paulo (Brazil)
Report No. 98/12
Petition 1455-06
Thiago Silva dos Santos (Brazil)
Report No. 99/12
Petition 1206-03
Children deprived of liberty in the Araraquara Unit, Raposo Tavares Complex,
Ribeirão Preto Unit, São José do Rio Preto Unit, and São Vicente Unit – FEBEM
(Brazil)
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Report No. 38/12
Petition 689-04
Eduardo Jiménez Jiménez (Costa Rica)
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Report No. 39/12
Petition 871-01
Francisco Moya Solano et al. (Costa Rica)
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Report No. 40/12
Petition 3226-02
María Yamileth Scott Hernández (Costa Rica)
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Report No. 100/12
Petition 11.365
Jesús Yañez Pelletier et al. (Cuba)
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Report No. 101/12
Petition 11.391
Edilberto Morales Martínez et al. (Cuba)
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Report No. 102/12
Petition 11.392
Hubert Jerez (Cuba)
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Report No. 103/12
Petition 11.646
Hilda Maestre Hernández et al. (Cuba)
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Report No. 41/12
Petition 12.364
Luíz Mazón and workers of the Health Ministry (Ecuador)
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Archival decisions (continuation)
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Report No. 42/12
Petition 55-03
Hugo Napoleón Sánchez Garcés (Ecuador)
Report No. 43/12
Petition 661-01
Pedro Muñoz Ulloa and Miriam García Gutiérrez (Ecuador)
Report No. 104/12
Petition 12.273
Ricardo Sánchez Romo (Ecuador)
Report No. 105/12
Petition 12.092
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Pedro Eladio Mata Martínez and Isabel María Bruckmann Velásquez widow of
Mata (Ecuador)
Report No. 44/12
Petition 146-03
Williams Neftaly Valenzuela Saravia (El Salvador)
Report No. 45/12
Petition 12.352
Bruce Campbell Harris Lloyd (Guatemala)
Report No. 46/12
Petition 12.438
Guy André François (Haiti)
Report No. 61/12
Petition 468-03
Asdrúbal Araujo Castillo (Mexico)
Report No. 106/12
Petition 12.317
Mikel Arrieta Llopis et al. (Mexico)
Report No. 48/12
Petition 1145-05
Jorge Alberto Huezo (Nicaragua)
Report No. 49/12
Petition 11.836
Feliciano Orue Coronel (Paraguay)
Report No. 107/12
Petition 11.559
Miguel Ángel Soler (Paraguay)
Report No. 108/12
Petition 11.561
Susana Carolina and Pablo Hernán Bianco (Paraguay)
Report No. 50/12
Petition 12.186
Luis Clodorimo Rojas Arias (Peru)
Report No. 51/12
Petition 904-98
Miembros de ASESSP (Peru)
Report No. 52/12
Petition 908-98
Carlos Felipe Améxaga Mattos (Peru)
Archival decisions (continuation)
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Report No. 53/12
Petition 12.216
Luis Enrique Guillén Benezú et al. (Peru)
Report No. 109/12
Petition 575-01
Carlos Humberto Martel Garibay (Peru)
Report No. 110/12
Petition 73-02
Carlos A. Romero Lostaunau (Peru)
Report No. 111/12
Petition 12.177
Alberto Cabello Ortega (Peru)
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CHAPTER IV
Report No. 54/12
Petition 616-04
Carlos Alberto Nieto Palma (Venezuela)
Status of compliance with the recommendations of the IACHR ....................................... 81
HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 305
Cuba ............................................................................................................................................. 308
Honduras ...................................................................................................................................... 344
Venezuela .................................................................................................................................... 406
ANNEXES
THE ROAD TO SUBSTANTIVE DEMOCRACY: WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE
AMERICAS
THE WORK, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES OF WOMEN: THE ROAD TO EQUALITY IN
GUARANTEEING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
LEGAL STANDARDS RELATED TO GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE
INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS
PERSPECTIVE
THE SITUATION OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE AMERICAS
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN MESOAMERICA
REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN THE
AMERICAS
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE: EDUCATION AND
HEALTH
SECOND REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN THE
AMERICAS
THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM: FROM
RESTRICTIONS TO ABOLITION
REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN JAMAICA
REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION
CP30444E01
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