Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of Carpio-Nicolle et al. v. Guatemala Judgment of November 22, 2004 (Merits, Reparations and Costs) In the Case of Carpio Nicolle et al., the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the InterAmerican Court”), composed of the following judges: Sergio García Ramírez, President Alirio Abreu Burelli, Vice President Oliver Jackman, Judge Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, Judge Cecilia Medina Quiroga, Judge Manuel E. Ventura Robles, Judge Diego García-Sayán, Judge, and Oscar Luján Fappiano, Judge ad hoc; also present, Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary, and Emilia Segares Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary, pursuant to Articles 29, 31, 53(2), 56 and 58 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”),1 and with Article 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”), delivers this judgment. I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE 1. On June 13, 2003, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) filed an application before the Court against the State of Guatemala (hereinafter “the State” or “Guatemala”), originating from petition No. 11,333, received by the Secretariat of the Commission on July 12, 1994. 2. The Commission filed the application based on Article 61 of the American Convention, for the Court to decide whether the State had violated Articles 4 (Right to Life), 5 (Right to Humane Treatment), 8 (Right to a Fair Trial), 13 (Freedom of 1 This judgment is delivered under the terms of the Rules of Procedure adopted by the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights at its forty-ninth regular session in an order of November 24, 2000, which entered into force on June 1, 2001, and according to the partial reform adopted by the Court at its sixty-first regular session in an order of November 25, 2003, in force since January 1, 2004.