OEA/Ser.L/V/II.117
Doc. 1 rev. 1
7 March 2003

Original: Spanish

ANNUAL REPORT  OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS 2002

CHAPTER I             INTRODUCTION 

CHAPTER II            LEGAL BASES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE IACHR DURING 2002 

A.      Legal bases, functions and powers 

B.       The Commission’s sessions in 2002 

C.      On-site visits 

D.      Special visits and other activities

E.       Activities of the IACHR in connection with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

F.       Thirty-second regular session of the OAS General Assembly 

CHAPTER III           THE PETITION SYSTEM AND INDIVIDUAL CASES  

A.      Introduction 

B.      Statistics

C.      Petitions and cases before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 

1.       Precautionary measures granted or extended by the Commission during 2002 

2.       Petitions declared admissible 

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Report Nº 3/02 Jorge Fernando Grande

Petition 11.498 (Argentina)

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Report Nº 4/02 Ricardo Neira González

Petition 11.685 (Argentina)

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Report Nº 5/02 Sergio Andrés Schiavini and María Teresa Schnack de Schiavini
Petition 12.080 (Argentina)

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Report Nº 40/02 Arguelles et al

Petition 12.167 (Argentina)

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Report Nº 6/02 120 Cuban nationals and 8 Haitian nationals

Petition 12.071 (Bahamas)

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Report Nº 37/02 Simone André Diniz

Petition 12.001 (Brazil)

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Report Nº 38/02 Damião Ximenes Lopes

Petition 12.237 (Brazil)

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Report Nº 39/02 (Fundação do Bem Estar do Menor - FEBEM)

Petition 12.328 (Brazil)

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Report Nº 7/02 Manickavasagam Suresh

Petition 11.661 (Canada)

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Report Nº 9/02 Aucan Huilcaman et al.

Petition 11.856 (Chile)

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Report Nº 44/02 Luis Alfredo Almonacid Arellano

Petition 12.057 (Chile)

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Report Nº 45/02 Cristián Daniel Sahli Vera et al.

Petition 12.219 (Chile)

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Report Nº 8/02 Noel Omeara Carrascal et al.

Petition 11.482 (Colombia)

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Report Nº 41/02 José del Carmen Alvarez Blanco et al.

"Pueblo Bello" 
Petition 11.478 (Colombia)

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Report Nº 42/02 Mariela Morales Caro et al.

"La Rochela Massacre" 
Petition 11.995 (Colombia)

  •  

Report Nº 43/02 Leydi Dayán Sánchez

Petition 12.009 (Colombia)

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Report Nº 10/02 James Judge

Petition 12.393 (Ecuador)

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Report Nº 11/02 Joaquín Hernández Alvarado et al.

Petition 12.394 (Ecuador)

  •  

Report Nº 12/02 Jesús Enrique Valderrama Perea

Petition 12.090 (Ecuador)

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Report Nº 68/02 Vicente Aníbal Grijalva Bueno

Petition 649/01 (Ecuador)

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Report Nº 69/02 Laura Susana Albán Cornejo.

Petition 419/01 (Ecuador)

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Report Nº 70/02 Roberto Edgar Xavier Sassen

Van Elsloo Otero y César Bolívar Torres Herbozo

Petition 183/02 (Ecuador)

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Report Nº 13/02 Tomás Lares Cipriano

Petition 11.171 (Guatemala)

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Report Nº 14/02 Bruce Campbell Harris Lloyd

Petition 12.352 (Guatemala)

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Report Nº 73/02 Ronald Ernesto Raxacacó Reyes

Petition 050/02 (Guatemala)

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Report Nº 74/02 Fermín Ramírez and/or Fermín Ramírez Ordoñez

Petition 320/00 (Guatemala)

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Report Nº 15/02 Ramón Hernández Berrios et al.

Petition 11.802 (Honduras)

  •  

Report Nº 16/02 Marco Antonio Servellón García et al.

(Four Cardinal Points)

Petition 12.331 (Honduras)

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Report Nº 46/02 Dixie Miguel Urbina Rosales

Petition 11.562 (Honduras)

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Report Nº 71/02 Santander Tristán Donoso

Petition 12.360 (Panama)

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Report Nº 72/02 Heliodoro Portugal

Petition 0357/01 (Panama)

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Report Nº 2/02 Yakye Axa Indigenous Community of the Enxet-Lengua People

Petition 12.313 (Paraguay)

  •  

Report Nº 47/02 National Association of discharged

and retired staff of the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru

Petition 12.357 (Peru)

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Report Nº 51/02 Janet Espinoza Feria et al.

Petition 12.404 (Peru)

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Report Nº 17/02 Sheldon Roach and Beemal Ramnarace

Petitions 12.346 and 12.377 (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Report Nº 48/02 Arnold Ramlogan

Petition 12.355 (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Report Nº 49/02 Takoor Ramcharan

Petition 12.400 (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Report Nº 50/02 Alladin Mohammed

Petition 12.400 (Trinidad and Tobago)

 

3.       Petitions declared inadmissible

 

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Report Nº 18/02 César Verduga Vélez

Petition 12.274 (Ecuador)

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Report Nº 20/02 Santos Hernán Galeas González

Petition 11.627 (Honduras)

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Report Nº 21/02 Bessy Margarita Martínez Alvarez

and Blanca Rosa Sánchez Rodríguez

Petition 12.109 (Honduras)

  •  

Report Nº 22/02 Jesús Chucry Zablah and Claudia

Esther Rodríguez de Zablah

Petition 12.114 (Honduras)

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Report Nº 1/02 Rubén Ayala Bogado

Petition 12.296 (Paraguay)

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Report Nº 19/02 Mario Alfredo Lares Reyes et al.

Petition 12.379 (United States)

 

4.       Friendly settlements

 

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Report Nº 32/02 Juan Manuel Contreras San Martín et al.

Petition 11.715 (Chile)

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Report Nº 33/02 Mónica Carabantes Galleguillos

Petition 12.046 (Chile)

  •  

Report Nº 75/02(bis) Pablo Ignacio Livia Robles

Petition 12.035 (Peru)

 

 5.       Reports on the merits

 

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Report Nº 23/02 Diniz Bento Da Silva

Case 11.517 (Brazil)

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Report Nº 55/02 Paul Lallion

Case 11.765 (Grenada)

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Report Nº 56/02 Benedit Jacob

Case 12.158 (Grenada)

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Report Nº 57/02 Finca La Exacta

Case 11.382 (Guatemala)

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Report Nº 78/02 Guy Malary

Case 11.335 (Haiti)

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Report Nº 58/02 Denton Aitken

Case 12.275 (Jamaica)

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Report Nº 76/02 Dave Sewell

Case 12.347 (Jamaica)

  •  

Report Nº 7/02 Waldermar Gerónimo Pinheiro and

José Víctor Dos Santos

Case 11.506 (Paraguay)

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Report Nº 52/02 Ramón Martínez Villareal

Case 11.753 (United States)

  •  

Report Nº 75/02 Mary and Carrie Dann

Case 11.140 (United States)

  •  

Report Nº 62/02 Michael Domingues

Case 12.285 (United States)

D.      Status of compliance with the recommendations of the IACHR 

E.       Petitions and cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 

                   1.       Provisional measures

                   2.       Contentious cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

                   3.       Advisory Opinions

CHAPTER IV           HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION 

Introduction 

Colombia 

Cuba 

Haiti 

Venezuela  

CHAPTER V            FOLLOW-UP OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FORMULATED
BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN
RIGHTS IN ITS REPORTS ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS IN MEMBER STATES
 

          Introduction 

          Guatemala   

CHAPTER VI           SPECIAL STUDIES 

Fourth Progress Report of the Special Rapporteurship
on Migrant Workers and their Families in the Hemisphere

Update on the work of the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women 

The Situation of the Rights of Women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico:  The Right to be Free from Violence and Discrimination

 

ANNEXES 

1.      CURRENT STATE OF THE CONVENTIONS AND
PROTOCOLS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, APPROVED
WITHIN THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM 

2.       PRESS RELEASES 

3.         SPEECHES OF THE IACHR