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Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the President”), it asked the Venezuelan State
to submit a report on implementation of Provisional Measures no later than January
10, 2003.
5.
The January 10, 2003 report by Venezuela, in which the State referred to
implementation of the Provisional Measures in favor of Luis Uzcátegui Jiménez and
stated that on December 11, 2002 “the Office of the Attorney General [Fiscal
General de la República] […] reported that the 1st Prosecutor of the Public
Prosecutor’s Office of Court Circuit of the State of Falcón was commissioned [...] with
the aim of complying with the measure set forth in operative paragraph 3 of the
Order of [the] Court.”
6.
The January 21, 2003 brief by the Inter-American Commission, in which it
stated “its deep concern, due to the fact that the second report by the Venezuelan
State, on January 10, 2003, merely reiterates what was stated in its first report and
does not provide any information to demonstrate effective compliance by the State
with the provisional measures granted by the Court.”
7.
The request by the Commission, in its January 21, 2003 brief (supra Having
Seen 6), asking the Court to “urgently summon the parties to a public hearing at its
seat during its forthcoming session, with the aim of evaluating compliance by the
State with the provisional measures.”
8.
The January 24, 2003 Order of the President, in which, after consulting with
all the Judges of the Court, he decided:
1.
To summon the State and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to
a public hearing to be held at the seat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on
February 25, 2003, from 9:00 hours to 13:00 hours, for the Court to hear their
viewpoints regarding the facts and circumstances pertaining to implementation of the
Provisional Measures in the cases of Liliana Ortega et al., Luis Uzcátegui and Luisiana
Ríos et al.
[…]
9.
The January 23, 2003 brief filed by the Inter-American Commission, received
by the Secretariat on January 27, in which it requested the Court, inter alia, to hear
the testimony of Luis Uzcátegui regarding the Provisional Measures granted in his
favor, “in the event [that the] Court decides to convene a public hearing at its
forthcoming session.”
10.
The January 27, 2003 note of the Secretariat in which, inter alia, it asked the
Commission to present the object of the testimony offered with respect to Luis
Uzcátegui, so as to submit said information to the President of the Court, and the
January 30, 2003 brief filed by the Commission, in which it presented the object of
the testimony requested.
11.
The January 30, 2003 brief filed by the Inter-American Commission, in which
it stated that “Luis Enrique Uzcátegui Jiménez’s home was raided on January 23,
2003 without a court order by the Armed Police Forces (FAP) of the State of Falcón
and he was illegally detained at the General Headquarters of the FAP in the city of
Santa Ana de Coro, where he was kept until the morning of January 27 of this year.”
12.
The January 31, 2003 brief by the Secretariat of the Court, in which, under
instructions by its President, it forwarded to the State the witness proposal made by
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