66
134.7
Inmates with physical disabilities,69 mental disorders
70
addictions did not receive medical attention suited to their special needs.71
and/or
134.8
Inmates had few opportunities to exercise or to participate in
recreational activities.72
134.9
Many inmates had no bed, blanket and/or mattress, which meant that
they had to sleep on the floor, take turns with their fellow inmates, or share beds
and mattresses.73
379-380 and 382); testimony given by young Osmar López Verón in the presence of a person with legal
authority to authenticate documents, on March 26, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State,
the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, Commission appendix, folios
190-191); testimony given by Ms. Dirma Monserrat Peña in the presence of a person with legal authority
to authenticate documents, on March 30, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the InterAmerican Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, representatives’ appendix, folio 229);
questions that Ms. Viviana Krsticevic, Executive Director of CEJIL, asked of young Raúl Esteban Portillo,
and his answers to those questions, which appear in a document dated March 25, 2004 (file of written
statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’
representatives, representatives’ appendix, folio 282).
69
Cf. June 18, 2001 note from Father Michael Sean O'Loingsigh, Deputy Director of the ‘Panchito
López’ Center, to Mr. Eustacio Rodríguez Benitez, the Center’s Director (file of appendixes to the
application, appendix 23, folio 395).
70
Cf. testimony given by Ms. Gloria Carolina Noemí Nicora de Martínez at the Office of the Chief
Government Notary of the Republic of Paraguay, March 22, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by
the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, State appendix, folio
36); testimony given by Ms. Mirtha Isabel Herreras Fleitas at the Office of the Chief Government Notary of
the Republic of Paraguay, March 23, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the InterAmerican Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, the State’s appendix, folio 72); testimony
given by Mr. Dionisio Vega before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the public hearing held on
May 3, 2004; testimony given by Ms. Rosalía Figueredo before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
at the public hearing held on May 3, 2004 .
71
Cf. testimony given by Ms. María Teresa de Jesús Pérez in the presence of a person with legal
authority to authenticate documents, March 30, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the
Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, representatives’ appendix, folio
258).
72
Cf. testimony given by Mr. Juan Antonio de la Vega Elorza in the presence of a person with legal
authority to authenticate documents, December 10, 1993, which is in the file on the petition of generic
habeas corpus filed with the Civil and Commercial Law Court of First Instance, Ninth Rotation, on behalf of
the juveniles in the ‘Col. Panchito López’ Juvenile Reeducation Institute (file of appendixes to the written
brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 1B, volume II, folio 371); testimony given by young Francisco
Ramón Adorno in the presence of a person with legal authority to authenticate documents, March 26,
2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged
victims’ representatives, Commission appendix, folios 180-181); Amnesty International article titled:
“Panchito López Juvenile Detention Centre: An opportunity for the Government of Paraguay to meet its
promises” AI Index: AMR 45/004/2001, April 2001 (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 21,
folio 329); excerpt from the book titled “Casas de Violencia. Situación carcelaria en el Paraguay,” by Jorge
Rolón Luna (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, and comments on the brief of
pleadings and motions, appendix 41, volume IV, folio 1600); April 13, 1994 report by psychiatric experts
Dr. Carlos Alberto Arestivo, Lic. Genaro Rivera Hunter and Lic. Mario Torres, which is in the file of the
petition of generic habeas corpus filed with the Civil and Commercial Law Court of First Instance, Ninth
Rotation, on behalf of the juveniles in the ‘Col. Panchito López’ Juvenile Reeducation Institute (file of
appendixes to the written brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 1D, volume II, folio 381).
73
Cf. testimony given by Mr. Juan Antonio de la Vega Elorza in the presence of a person with legal
authority to authenticate documents, December 10, 1993, which is in the file of the petition of generic
habeas corpus filed with the Civil and Commercial Law Court of First Instance, Ninth Rotation, on behalf of
the juveniles in the ‘Col. Panchito López’ Juvenile Reeducation Institute (file of appendixes to the written
brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 1B, volume II, folio 371); testimony given by Mr. Dionisio Vega
before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the public hearing held on May 3, 2004; testimony
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