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  • Petition 222-10, Report No. 90/13, Colombia, Josué Vargas Mateus et. al.
    November 4, 2013 (Admissible)
  • Petition 80-02, Report No. 56/13, Honduras, Herminio Deras García et. al.
    July 16, 2013 (Admissible)
  • Petition 174-08, Report No. 54/13, Ecuador, Julio García Romero and Family
    July 16, 2013 (Admissible)
  • Petition 424-99, Report No. 39/13, Colombia, Gerardo Bedoya and Family
    July 11, 2013 (Admissible)
  • Petition 65-04, Report No. 38/13, Colombia, Jorge Adolfo Freytter Romero et. al.
    July 11, 2013 (Admissible)
  • Petition 12.658, Report Nº 136/10, Colombia, Luis Gonzalo “Richard” Vélez Restrepo and family.
    March 2, 2011 (Court)
  • Petition 311-08, Report Nº 6/11, Colombia, Jahel Quiroga Carrillo
    March 23, 2011 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 702-03, Report Nº 5/11, Brazil, Ivan Rocha
    March 22, 2011 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 1579-07, Report Nº 144/10, Guatemala, Residents of the Village of Chichupac and the Hamlet of Xeabaj, Municipality of Rabinal
    October 23, 2010 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.324, Report Nº 111/09, República Dominicana, Narciso González Medina et al.
    May 2, 2010 (Court)
  • Petition 142-03, Report N° 62/10, Peru, Jorge Sedano Falcón et al.
    March 24, 2010 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.308, Report Nº 37/10, Brazil, Manoel Leal de Oliveira
    March 17, 2010 (Merits)
  • Petition 1473-06, Report Nº 76/09, Peru, Community of La Oroya
    August 5, 2009 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 298-07, Report Nº 50/08, Venezuela, Néstor José Uzcátegui et al.
    July 24, 2008 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 864-05, Report Nº 47/08, Colombia, Luis Gonzalo “Richard” Vélez Restrepo
    July 24, 2008 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.487, Report Nº 36/08, Ecuador, Rafael Ignacio Cuesta Caputi
    July 18, 2008 (Merits)
  • Petition 259-06, Report Nº 22/07, Venezuela, Joe CastilloGonzález et al.
    March 9, 2007 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.476, Report N° 67/06, Cuba, Oscar Elias Biscet et al.
    October 21, 2006 (Merits)
  • Petition 12.380, Report N° 55/06, Colombia, Members of José Alvéar Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective
    July 20, 2006 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 786/03, Report Nº 46/05, Bolivia, Rainer Ibsen Cárdenas and José Ibsen Peña
    October 12, 2005 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 380/03, Report Nº 10/05, Ecuador, Rafael Ignacio Cuestra Caputi
    February 23, 2005 (Admissibility)
  • Petitions 771/03 and 841/03, Report N° 57/04, Cuba, Oscar Elias Biscet et al.
    October 14, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.127, Report N° 56/04, Cuba, Vladimiro Roca Antunez et al.
    October 14, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 971/03, Report N° 61/04, Chile, Ricardo Israel Zipper
    October 13, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 559/02, Report N° 54/04, Colombia, Nelson Carvajal Carvajal
    October 13, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 4542/02, Report N° 8/04, Venezuela, Mauro Acosta Padrón et al.
    February 27, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 487/03, Report N° 7/04, Venezuela, Gabriela Perozo, Aloys Marín et al.
    February 27, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 4109/02, Report N° 6/04, Venezuela, Luisiana Ríos et al.
    February 27, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.213, Report Nº 73/03, Brazil, Aristeu Guida Da Silva
    October 22, 2003 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.766, Report Nº 67/03, Guatemala, Irma Falquer
    October 10, 2003 (Friendly Settlement)
  • Petition 12.281, Report Nº 32/03, Chile, Gilda Rosario Pizarro Jiménez et al.
    March 7, 2003 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.870, Report N° 87/01, Saint Lucia, Radyo Koulibwi
    October 10, 2001 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.085, Report N° 1/01, Peru, Ana Elena Townsend et al.
    January 19, 2001 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.740, Report N° 130/99, Mexico, Víctor Manuel Oropeza
    November 19, 1999 (Admissibility, Merits)
  • Petition 11.739, Report Nº 50/99, Mexico, Héctor Félix Miranda
    April 13, 1999 (Merits)
  • Petition 11.763, Report Nº 33/99, Guatemala, Plan de Sánchez Massacre
    March 11, 1999 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.610, Report Nº 34/98, Mexico, Loren L. Riebie
    May 5, 1998 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 10.545, Report Nº 33/98, Mexico, Clemente Ayala Torres et al.
    May 5, 1998 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.221, Report Nº 3/98, Colombia, Tarcisio Medina Charry
    April 7, 1998 (Merits)
  • Petition 11.324, Report Nº 16/98, Dominican Republic, Narciso González
    March 3, 1998 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 10.548, Report Nº 38/97, Peru, Hugo Bustíos Saavedra
    October 16, 1997 (Merits)
  • Petition 11.303, Report Nº 29/96, Guatemala, Carlos Ranferí Gómez López
    October 16, 1996 (Merits)
  • Petition 11.430, Report Nº 43/96, Mexico, José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez
    October 15, 1996 (Merits)
  • Petition 12.653, Report Nº 74/11, Argentina, Carlos and Pablo Mémoli.
    December 3, 2011 (Court)
  • Petition 405-07, Report No. 146/11, Brazil, Hildebrando Silva de Freitas et al.
    October 31, 2011 (Admissible)
  • Petition 10.949, Report Nº 69/11, Peru, Magda Mateo Bruno
    March 31, 2011 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 1164-05, Report Nº 72/11, Costa Rica, William Gómez Vargas
    March 31, 2011 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.661, Report Nº 88/10, Venezuela, José y Luis Uzcátegui et al.
    October 22, 2011 (Court) (In Spanish only)
  • Petition 1579-07, Report Nº 144/10, Guatemala, Residents of the Village of Chichupac and the Hamlet of Xeabaj, Municipality of Rabinal
    October 23, 2010 (Admissibility)
  • Petitions 827-98 and 798-03, Report Nº 65/10, Peru, Rutaldo Elmer Alejo Saavedra - Raúl Andrés Arias Condori
    June 21, 2010 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 228-07, Report Nº 18/10, Uruguay, Carlos Dogliani
    March 16, 2010 (Friendly Settlement)
  • Petition 84-07, Report N° 97/ 09, Venezuela, Allan R. Brewer Carías
    September 8, 2009 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 664-06, Report Nº 94/08, Paraguay, Aldo Zuccolillo Morcarda
    December 20, 2008 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 400-06, Report Nº 52/08, Venezuela, Tulio Alberto Alvarez
    July 24, 2008 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 56-98, Report Nº 39/08, Argentina, Carlos and Pablo Mémoli
    July 23, 2008 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.468, Report Nº 23/08, Jamaica, Dudley Stokes
    March 14, 2008 (Merits)
  • Petition 232-05, Report N° 50/07, Chile, Carlos Baraona Bray
    July 24, 2007 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.500, Report N° 124/06, Uruguay, Tomás Eduardo Cirio
    October 27, 2006 (Merits)
  • Petition 577-05, Report N° 36/06, Venezuela, Francisco Usón Ramírez
    March 15, 2006 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 775/01, Report Nº 51/05, Argentina, Jorge Fontevecchia and Héctor D'Amico
    October 12, 2005 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 1103/03, Report Nº 7/05, Ecuador, Ricardo Noboa Bejarano
    February 23, 2005 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 28/04, Report N° 65/04, Jamaica, Dudley Stokes
    October 14, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.127, Report N° 56/04, Cuba, Vladimiro Roca Antunez et al.
    October 14, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 720/00, Report N° 5/04, Argentina, Eduardo Kimel
    February 24, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.128, Report N° 3/04, Argentina, Horacio Verbitsky
    February 24, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.758, Report N° 2/04, Argentina, Rodolfo Correa Belisle
    February 24, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.360, Report N° 71/02, Panama, Santander Tristán Donoso
    October 24, 2002 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.352, Report N° 14/02, Guatemala, Bruce Campbell Harris Lloyd
    February 28, 2002 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.367, Report N° 128/01, Costa Rica, Newspaper “La Nación
    December 3, 2001 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.500, Report N° 119/01, Uruguay, Tomás Eduardo Cirio
    October 16, 2001 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.142, Report N° 55/00, Chile, Alejandra Matus Acuña
    October 2, 2000 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.317, Report Nº 20/99, Peru, Rodolfo Robles Espinoza and his children
    February 23, 1999 (Merits)
  • Petition 10.545, Report Nº 33/98, Mexico, Clemente Ayala Torres et al.
    May 5, 1998 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.430, Report Nº 43/96, Mexico, José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez
    October 15, 1996 (Merits)
  • Petition 11.230, Report Nº 11/96, Chile, Francisco Martorell
    May 3, 1996 (Merits)
  • Petition 11.012, Report Nº 22/94, Argentina, Horacio Verbitsky
    September 20, 1994 (Friendly Settlement)
  • Case 12.816, Honduras, Adán Guillermo López Lone et. al.
    March 17, 2014 (Court)
  • Case 12.828, Report Nº 112/12, Venezuela, Marcel Granier et. al. - RCTV
    February 28, 2013 (Court)
  • Petition 200-01, Report No. 58/13, Peru, Pablo Yupan García
    July 16, 2013 (Admissible)
  • Petition 212-06, Report No. 59/13, Venezuela, Rocío San Miguel Sosa et. al.
    July 16, 2013 (Admissible)
  • Petition 243-07, Report No. 114/11, Venezuela, Marcel Granier et al.
    July 22, 2011 (Admissible)
  • Petition 13-04, Report No. 172/11, Ecuador, Ricardo Vaca Andrade.
    November 3, 2011 (Admissible)
  • Petition 801-98, Report No. 110/11, Peru, Carlos Braulio Arana Franco.
    July 22, 2011 (Admissible)
  • Petition 975-10, Report Nº 70/11, Honduras, Adán Guillermo López Lone et al.
    March 31, 2011 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 1164-05, Report Nº 72/11, Costa Rica, William Gómez Vargas
    March 31, 2011 (Admissibility)
  • Petitions 755-04, 802-04, 869-04, and 996-04, Report Nº 155/10, Peru, Jaime Humberto Díaz Alva; Rubén Galván Borja; Eduardo E. Espinoza Narcizo; Vladimir Carlos Villanueva
    November 1, 2010 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 459-97, Report Nº 152/10, Peru, Alfredo Lagos del Campo
    November 1, 2010 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.281, Report Nº 162/10, Chile, Gilda Rosario Pizarro et al.
    November 1, 2010 (Friendly Settlement)
  • Petition 12.470, Report Nº 110/09, Chile, Ricardo Israel Zipper
    November 10, 2009 (Merits)
  • Petition 415-03, Report N° 65/07, Argentina, Adriana Gallo et al.
    July 27, 2007 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 73-03, Report N° 39/06, Venezuela, Carlos Rafael Alfonso Ramírez
    March 15, 2006 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.142, Report Nº 90/05, Chile, Alejandra Marcela Matus Acuña et al.
    October 24, 2005 (Merits)
  • Petition 369/04, Report Nº 50/05, Costa Rica, Jorge Luis Cháves Cambronero
    October 12, 2005 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.143, Report Nº 57/05, Chile, Eduardo Perales Martínez
    October 12, 2005 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 938/03, Report N° 67/04, Mexico, Alejandro Junco de la Vega and Eugenio Herrera Terrazas
    October 14, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.281, Report Nº 32/03, Chile, Gilda Rosario Pizarro Jiménez et al.
    March 7, 2003 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.360, Report N° 71/02, Panama, Santander Tristán Donoso
    October 24, 2002 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.870, Report N° 87/01, Saint Lucia, Radyo Koulibwi
    October 10, 2001 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.571, Report N° 77/01, Chile, Humberto Antonio Palamara Iribarne
    October 10, 2001 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.142, Report N° 55/00, Chile, Alejandra Matus Acuña
    October 2, 2000 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.395, Report N° 56/00, Argentina, Juan José López
    October 2, 2000 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.803, Report Nº 31/98, Chile, Juan Pablo Olmedo Bustos et al.
    May 5, 1998 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.762, Report Nº 20/98, Peru, Baruch Ivcher Bronstein
    March 3, 1998 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.230, Report Nº 11/96, Chile, Francisco Martorell
    May 3, 1996 (Merits)
  • Petition 10.325, Report Nº 2/96, Grenada, Steve Clark et al
    March 1, 1996 (Merits)
  • Petitions 9768, 9780 y 9828, Report Nº 01/90, México
    May 17, 1990 (Merits)
  • Petition 9855, Resolution Nº 20/88, Haiti, Nicolás Estiverne
    March 24, 1988 (Merits)
  • Petition 9178, Report Nº 17/84, Costa Rica, Stephen Schmidt
    October 3, 1984 (Merits)
  • Petition 7778, Resolution Nº 16/82, Guatemala, Obispo Juan Gerardi
    March 9, 1982 (Merits)
  • Petition 311-08, Report Nº 6/11, Colombia, Jahel Quiroga Carrillo
    March 23, 2011 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.343, Report Nº 117/10, Guatemala, Edgar Fernando García et al.
    February 9, 2011 (Court)
  • Petition 12.590, Report Nº 116/10,
    February 18, 2011 (Court)
  • Petition 11.990, Report Nº 124/10, Colombia, Oscar Orlando Bueno Bonnet et al.
    October 23, 2010 (Admissibility)
  • Petitions 621-03 and 1378-04, Report Nº 78/10, Peru, Ramón Campos Esparza - Roberto Antonio Olórtegui Trinidad
    July 12, 2010 (Admissibility)
  • Petitions 827-98 and 798-03, Report Nº 65/10, Peru, Rutaldo Elmer Alejo Saavedra - Raúl Andrés Arias Condori
    June 21, 2010 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.465, Report Nº 138/09, Ecuador, Kichwa Indigenous Peoples of Sarayaku and its members.
    April 26, 2010 (Court)
  • Petition 415-07, Report Nº 141/09, Chile, Diaguita Agricultural Communities of the Huascoaltinos and their members
    December 30, 2009 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 588-07, Report Nº 104/09, Jamaica, Patick Genius & Leonie Marshall
    October 30, 2009 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 1473-06, Report Nº 76/09, Peru, Community of La Oroya
    August 5, 2009 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 286-08, Report Nº 75/09, Panamá, Ngöbe Indigenous Communities and their members in the Changuinola River Valley
    August 5, 2009 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 616-06, Report Nº 65/09, Bolivia, Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal
    August 4, 2009 (Admissibility)
    [Available only in Spanish]
  • Petition 406-03, Report N° 14/09, Chile, Miguel Ignacio Fredes Gonzalez and Ana Andrea Tuczek Fries
    March 19, 2009 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 270-07, Report Nº 40/08, Bolivia, I.V.
    July 23, 2008 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.094, Report N° 78/06, Argentina, Aboriginal Community of Lhaka Honhat ("Our Land")
    October 21, 2006 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 167/03, Report N° 62/04, Ecuador, The Kichwa Peoples of the Sarayaku community and its members
    October 13, 2004 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 12.108, Report Nº 60/03, Chile, Marcel Claude Reyes, Sebastián Cox Urrejola and Arturo Longton Guerrero
    October 10, 2003 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 11.552, Report N° 33/01, Brazil, Guerrilla de Araguaia
    March 6, 2001 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 10.488, Report Nº 136/99, El Salvador, Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J. et al.
    December 22, 1999 (Merits)
  • Petitions 11.505; 11.532; 11.541; 11.546; 11.549; 11.569; 11.572; 11.573; 11.583; 11.585; 11.595; 11.652; 11.655; 11.657; 11.675 and 11.705, Report Nº 25/98, Chile, Alfonso René Chanfeau Orayce et al.
    April 7, 1998 (Merits)
  • Petition 11.324, Report Nº 16/98, Dominican Republic, Narciso González
    March 3, 1998 (Admissibility)
  • Petition 10.948, Report Nº 13/96, El Salvador
    March 1, 1996 (Merits)
  • Petition 10.580, Report Nº 10/95, Ecuador, Manuel Bolaños
    September 12, 1995 (Merits)