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THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
in exercise of the powers conferred upon it under Article 63(2) of the American
Convention on Human Rights and Articles 25 and 29 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure,
DECIDES:
1.
To require that the State adopt forthwith and definitively all such provisional
measures as are necessary and effective to prevent the loss of lives and the harm to
the physical, mental and moral integrity of all persons deprived of liberty in the
Uribana Prison, of all persons who might be kept in prison in such penitentiary center
in the future, of the people working there, and of the visitors.
2.
To require that the State adopt, in addition to the measures to be adopted
forthwith as ordered in the above operative paragraph, all such measures as are
appropriate to bring the above-stated situation into line with the applicable
international rules regarding the treatment of persons deprived of liberty, in particular:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
to confiscate the weapons kept by the inmates;
to reduce overcrowding and improve detention conditions;
to provide adequate trained staff to assure appropriate and effective
control, custody and surveillance of the prison;
separate male inmates from female inmates;
to separate untried prisoners from convicted prisoners, and
to implement a system of continuous oversight of detention conditions.
3.
To require that the State, no later than February 16, 2007, submit to the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights a preliminary report on the provisional measures it
has adopted pursuant to this Resolution, particularly those ordered in the first
operative paragraph, and to request the representatives of the beneficiaries and the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit observations of said report
within seven and ten days respectively as from notification of the State's report.
4.
To request the State that, after submitting the report mentioned in the
previous operative paragraph, it informs the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
every two months about the urgent measures adopted, and to request the
beneficiaries of such measures or their representatives, and the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, to submit their comments within four and six weeks
respectively as from reception of the State's reports.
5.
To request the Court’s Secretariat to notify this Order to the State, the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights and the representatives of the beneficiaries of
these measures.
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