ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF AUGUST 14, 2000
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
ORDERED BY THE COURT IN THE CESTI-HURTADO CASE
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter the
“Court”) of September 11, 1997, whereby it required that the State of Peru
(hereinafter the “State” or “Peru”) adopt provisional measures on behalf of Mr.
Gustavo Adolfo Cesti-Hurtado, to ensure his physical, pshycological and moral
integrity, within the framework of the Cesti-Hurtado Case currently before this
Tribunal.
2.
The Order of the Court of January 21, 1998, whereby it required that the
state maintain the provisional measures adopted to ensure the personal integrity of
Mr. Cesti-Hurtado, and permit him to receive the medical treatment of his choice.
3.
The Order of the Court of June 3, 1999, whereby it ordered the State to
expand the provisional measures to ensure the physical and psychological integrity
of Ms. Carmen Judith Cardó-Guarderas, Ms. Margarita del Carmen Cesti-Cardó, and
Mr. Gustavo Cesti-Cardó, members of the family of Mr. Cesti-Hurtado.
4.
The judgment on the merits rendered by the Court on September 29, 1999 in
the instant case.
5.
The brief of Mr. Cesti-Hurtado of November 12, 1999, whereby he informed
the Court that he had been released on November 11, 1999, although he had no
knowledge about the terms on which his release had been made.
6.
The Order of the Court of November 19, 1999, whereby it required the State
to maintain the measures necessary to protect the lives and physical and
psychological integrity of Mr. Cesti-Hurtado and his family members.
7.
The report of the State of January 19, 2000, in which it indicated the actions
taken through the pertinent bodies of the internal jurisdiction, in order to guarantee
the personal integrity of the beneficiaries of the measures, and where, in like
manner, it expressed that the “extreme gravity and urgency” circumstances that
gave rise to the adoption of the provisional measures no longer existed.
8.
The report of the State of April 17, 2000, whereby it stated that the actions
adopted to guarantee the personal integrity of the beneficiaries had been maintained