13 VI ARTICLE 3 (RIGHT TO JURIDICAL PERSONALITY),21 4 (RIGHT TO LIFE),22 5 (RIGHT TO 23 24 AND 7 (RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY) OF THE AMERICAN HUMANE TREATMENT), CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, IN RELATION TO ARTICLES 1(1) THEREIN, AS WELL AS ARTICLES I25 AND XI26 OF THE INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON FORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS 44. In this chapter, the Court shall analyze the violation of the human rights enshrined in the American Convention, as well as the alleged non-compliance with IACFDP. In this sense, the Tribunal shall explain the context in which the facts of the instant case occurred, as well as those facts that constituted the forced disappearance of Renato Ticona, and then it shall specifically analyze the corresponding Articles. A) Context and forced disappearance of Renato Ticona 45. The State has acknowledged that in 1980 the democratic process that it was being instituted in Bolivia, was interrupted by a coup d' etat led by General Luis García Meza, who established a regime of repression, in which military forces and premilitary groups committed serious violations of human rights within a framework of impunity that benefited the systematic practice of illegal detentions, tortures and forced disappearance of people. 46. On July 17, 1980, the Presidential Palace was taken by the military forces and the acting Constitutional President, Mrs. Lidia Gueiler, was obliged to resign from office. The headquarters of the Bolivian Workers’ Federation, where CONADE [National Committee for the Defense of Democracy] had regular meetings, was attacked and its leaders “imprisoned”. The Socialist Party’s presidential candidate, Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, was executed at the hands of government agents and “[t]he communication media [were] taken over, looted, and in some cases, destroyed and completely controlled”. The political organization of the State was substantially modified in the hands of the Armed Forces through the Governing Junta 21 Article 3 Every person has the right to recognition as a person before the law. 22 Article 4 1. Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law and, in general, from the moment of conception. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life 23 Article 5 1. Every person has the right to have his physical, mental and moral integrity respected. 2. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment. All persons deprived of their lives shall be treated with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person. 24 Article 7 1. Every person has the right to personal liberty and security 25 Article I. The State Parties to this Convention undertake: a. Not to practice, permit, or tolerate the forced disappearance of persons, even in states of emergency or suspension of individual guarantees; 26 Article XI. Every person deprived of liberty shall be held in an officially recognized place of detention and be brought before a competent judicial authority without delay, in accordance with applicable domestic law. The States Parties shall establish and maintain official up-to-date registries of their detainees and, in accordance with their domestic law, shall make them available to relatives, judges, attorneys, any other person having a legitimate interest, and other authorities.

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