INTER - AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMISION INTERAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS COMISSÃO INTERAMERICANA DE DIREITOS HUMANOS COMMISSION INTERAMÉRICAINE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ORGANIZACIÓN DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS WASHINGTON, D.C. 2 0 0 0 6 EEUU September 20, 2011 Re.: Case No. 12.519 García Lucero et al Chile Mr. Secretary: I am pleased to address you on behalf of the Inter-American Commission on Human rights for the purpose of submitting Case No. 12,519, García Lucero et al. with respect to the Republic of Chile (hereinafter “the State of Chile,” “the Chilean State,” or “Chile”), to the jurisdiction of the Honorable Inter-American Court of Human Rights; the case concerns the failure to investigate and make integral reparation for the various acts of torture suffered by Mr. Leopoldo García Lucero from his detention on September 16, 1973, until June 12, 1975, the date on which he left Chilean territory by decree of the Ministry of Interior. Since 1975, Mr. García Lucero has been in the United Kingdom. Specifically, the State has failed to provide integral reparation for Mr. García Lucero, from an individualized perspective and taking into account the situation of exile in which he finds himself, as well as the permanent disability he suffers as a result of the torture. In addition, the State has breached its duty to investigate such acts of torture at its own initiative, and it has kept Decree Law No. 2191 – which is incompatible with the American Convention – in force. The State ratified the American Convention on Human Rights on August 21, 1990, and accepted the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court that same day. In addition, it ratified the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture on September 30, 1988. While the facts of the case related to the failure to investigate and make reparation for the acts of torture began before Chile accepted the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court on August 21, 1990, these omissions have continued subsequent to that acceptance, and continue to this day. Mr. Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary Inter-American Court of Human Rights Apartado 6906-1000 San José, Costa Rica Attachments