Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of the “Juvenile Reeducation Institute” v. Paraguay Judgment of September 2, 2004 (Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs) In the Case of the “Juvenile Reeducation Institute”, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the InterAmerican Court”), composed of the following judges*: Sergio García Ramírez, President; Alirio Abreu Burelli, Vice President; Oliver Jackman, Judge; Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, Judge; Cecilia Medina Quiroga, Judge; Manuel E. Ventura Robles, Judge; Diego García-Sayán, Judge, and Víctor Manuel Núñez Rodríguez, Judge ad hoc; also present, Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary, and Emilia Segares Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary, pursuant to Articles 29, 31, 37.6, 56, and 58 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Court”)1 and Article 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”), deliver the following judgment. I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE 1. On May 20, 2002, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) filed an application with the Court against the State of Paraguay (hereinafter “the State,” “the respondent State,” or “Paraguay”) concerning a case that had originated with petition No. 11,666, received at the Commission’s Secretariat on August 14, 1996. 1 The present judgment is delivered in accordance with the Rules of Procedure that the Court approved at its XLIX regular session, by order dated November 24, 2000, which entered into force on June 1, 2001, and in accordance with the partial amendment to those Rules, which the Court approved at its LXI regular session in a November 25, 2003 order that entered into force on January 1, 2004.