Merits Reports
The merits stage is where the IACHR must decide on the merits or substance of the matter, that is, whether or not there were violations of human rights in the case being analyzed. The procedure on the merits is regulated in Articles 48 and 50 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Articles 37, 38, 39, 43, and 44 of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure. The merits stage ends with the approval of a Merits Report, which contains the conclusions about whether the facts of the case constitute human rights violations. If it is found that there were human rights violations, the Merits Report includes recommendations to the State.
Merits Reports approved are not published immediately. When a Merits Report is approved, in accordance with Article 50 of the American Convention on Human Rights, it is confidential, and the Commission notifies only the parties (the State and the petitioner). Merits Reports that have been approved can be published later if the Commission so decides, pursuant to Article 51(3) of the American Convention on Human Rights. If the Commission decides to send a case to the Inter-American Court, the Merits Report on that case will be published on the IACHR website, under Cases in the Court..
Argentina
- Report No. 28/92, Case 10.147 10.181 10.240 10.262 10.309 10.311, Rosa Ana Frigerio and Omar Tristán Roldán, Elena Delia Garaguso, Carlos Alberto Oliva, Laura Susana Martinelli, Liliana Carmen Pereyra, Eduardo Alberto Cagnola, Jorge Candeloro, Marta Haydee Garcia, Omar Alejandro Marocchi, Susana Valor, Eduardo Manuel Martínez, Jorge Carlos Augusto Toledo, Mario Alberto D'Fabio Fernández, Roberto Wilson, Rubén Darío Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Carrizo, Haydee Cristina Monier, Horacio Manuel Carrizo, Alberto Rogelio Carrizo, Luis Alberto Bereciarte, Fernando Hallgarten
reports: 1
Colombia
- Report No. 33/92, Case 10.581, Alirio de Jesús Pedraza
- Report No. 32/92, Case 10.454, - Martín Calderón Jurado
- Report No. 1/92, Case 10.235 , - Orlando Garcia Villamizar, Pedro Pablo Silva Bejarano, Rodolfo Espitia Rodriguez, Edgar Helmut Garcia Villamizar, Gustavo Campos Guevara, Hernando Ospina Rincon, Rafael Guillermo Prado J., Edilbrando Joya Gomez, Francisco Antonio Medina, Bernardo Heli Acosta Rojas, and Manuel Dario Acosta Rojas
reports: 3
Costa Rica
- Report No. 24/92, Case 9328 9329 9742 9884 10.131 10.193 10.230 10.429 10.469, Marco Tulio Naranjo Carvajal
- Report No. 2/92, Case 10.289, Kadir Sahib Tajudeen
reports: 2
El Salvador
- Report No. 26/92, Case 10.287, Las Hojas Massacre
- Report No. 15/92, Case 10.571, Erik Felipe Romero Canales (
- Report No. 14/92, Case 10.447, Leonardo Ramirez Murcia
- Report No. 13/92, Case 10.399, Andrés Colindres Vásquez, María Luisa Panameño, Miguel Colindres Panameño and Manuel Colindres Panameño
- Report No. 12/92, Case 10.323, Mesías Elías Hernández Anzora
- Report No. 11/92, Case 10.284, Manuel de Jesús Mungúia Choto
- Report No. 10/92, Case 10.257, Rosa Marta Cerna Alfaro and Ismael Hernández Flores
- Report No. 9/92, Case 10.256, Francisco Alberto Martínez Marroquín
- Report No. 8/92, Case 10.227 10.333, Julio Ernesto Fuentes Pérez, William Fernández Rivera, and Raquel Fernández Rivera
- Report No. 7/92, Case 10.211, Eliseo Córdova Aguilar
- Report No. 6/92, Case 10.190, José Angel Alas Gómez
- Report No. 5/92, Case 10.151, Jose Javier Santamaria Medina, Jose Luis Cornejo and Angel de Jesus Santamaria Raymundo
- Report No. 4/92, Case 10.103, Francisco Hernandez, Quintanilla, Juan Armando Martinez, and Jose Antonio Zarpate Juarez
- Report No. 3/92, Case 10.003, - Pedro Jose Castro Alvarenga
reports: 14
Guatemala
- Report No. 16/92, Case 11.111 y 10.112, Danilo Sergio Alvarado Mejia, and Rene Aroldo Leiva Cayax
reports: 1
Uruguay
- Report No. 29/92, Case 10.029 10.036 10.145 10.305 10.372 10.373 10.374 10.375, Antonio Omar Paitta
reports: 1
