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
June 3, 2013
Ref.:
Case No. 11.581
Tarazona Arrieta y otros
Peru
Mr. Secretary:
I am pleased to address you on behalf of the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights in order to file Case No. 11.581 Tarazona Arrieta et al. v. Peru (hereinafter “the
State”, “the Peruvian State” or “Peru”) before the jurisdiction of the Honorable InterAmerican Court of Human Rights regarding the murder of Zulema Tarazona Arrieta and
Norma Teresa Pérez Chávez, and the injuries suffered by Mr. Luis Alberto Bejarano Laura,
by members of the Peruvian Army in an incident on August 9, 1994 as a result of the
shooting by a member of the Army against a public transport vehicle in which the victims
were travelling. These events occurred in the context of an action by members of the Armed
Forces to intercept the transport vehicle. After the shooting, the security officials left the
scene without rendering assistance to the victims and without informing their superior about
what happened. The Commission found that these facts constituted an arbitrary deprivation
of life of the two victims who were killed, and a violation of the right to humane treatment to
the detriment of the person injured.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, due to the fact that before the merits report was made
it was noted the existence of a firm conviction by the judicial authorities in which it was
established the relevant responsibilities and the payment of compensation for the families of
Zulema Tarazona Arrieta, Norma Teresa Pérez Chávez, and Luis Alberto Bejarano Laura,
the Commission stated that the violation was partially repaired.
Also, the case involves violations of the judicial guarantees and judicial protection in
the criminal investigation and process for the facts of the case, and the situation of impunity
in which the facts were kept for an unreasonable time due, among other things, the lack of
due diligence in the initial stages of the military criminal jurisdiction, the effectiveness of Law
26,479 (Amnesty Law) and the delay in the reopening of the investigation. These aspects of
the case were not subject of any compensation from the State.
Mr.
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretario
Inter-American Court on Human Rights
Apartado 6906-1000
San José, Costa Rica
Peru ratified to the American Convention on July 28, 1978, and accepted the
contentious jurisdiction of the Court on January 21, 1981.
The Commission has designated Commissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez
and Emilio Álvarez Icaza L., Executive Secretary, as its delegate. Likewise, Elizabeth AbiMershed, Deputy Executive Secretary, Silvia Serrano Guzmán and Nerea Aparicio,