Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of Castillo Petruzzi et al. v. Peru Judgment of May 30, 1999 (Merits, Reparations and Costs) In the Castillo Petruzzi et al. Case, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court,” the InterAmerican Court” or “the Tribunal”), composed of the following judges: Hernán Salgado-Pesantes, President Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, Vice President Máximo Pacheco-Gómez, Judge Oliver Jackman, Judge Alirio Abreu-Burelli, Judge Sergio García-Ramírez, Judge Carlos Vicente de Roux-Rengifo, Judge Fernando Vidal-Ramírez, Judge ad hoc ; also present: Manuel E. Ventura-Robles, Secretary and Renzo Pomi, Deputy Secretary, pursuant to articles 55 and 57 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, enters the following judgment. I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE 1. On July 22, 1997, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) filed an application against the Republic of Peru (hereinafter “the State” or “Peru”). The case in question had originated in a petition (No. 11,319) received at the Commission’s Secretariat on January 28, 1994. Citing articles 50 and 51 of the American Convention (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”), in its application the Commission submitted the instant case for a ruling as to whether the following articles of the Convention were violated when a “faceless” military tribunal tried Mr. Jaime Francisco Sebastián Castillo Petruzzi, Mrs. María Concepción Pincheira Sáez, Mr. Lautaro Enrique Mellado Saavedra and Mr. Alejandro Luis Astorga Valdez, convicted them of treason under Decree-Law No. 25,659, and sentenced them to life imprisonment: Article 1(1) (Obligation to Respect Rights); Article 2 (Duty to Undertake Internal Legislative or Other Measures); Article 5 (Right to Humane Treatment); Article 8 (Right to a Fair Trial); Article 20 (Right to