ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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OF MARCH 31, 2014
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF PERU
CASE OF WONG HO WING
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the former President in-exercise in this case (hereinafter “the President
in exercise) of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American
Court,” “the Court,” or “the Tribunal”) of March 24, 2010, as well as the Orders of this Court
of May 28 and November 26, 2010, March 4 and July 1, 2011, wherein it was decided to
inter alia, require the Republic of Peru (hereinafter “the State” or “Peru”) to refrain from
extraditing Mr. Wong Ho Wing.
2.
The Order of the Court of October 10, 2011, wherein it was decided to lift the
provisional measures that had been ordered.
3.
The Order of the Court of June 26, 2012, wherein the State was required to “refrain
from extraditing Mr. Wong Ho Wing until December 14, 2012, in order for the InterAmerican Commission to examine and rule on case No. 12.794.”
4.
The Order of the former President in-exercise of December 6, 2012, as well as the
Orders of the Court of February 13, May 22, and August 22, 2013, and of January 29, 2014,
wherein the validity of the present measures was extended. In the last of these, the Court
decided to:
1. Require the State, in accordance with the provisions of the [that] Order, to abstain from
extraditing Mr. Wong Ho Wing until the Court resolves this case in a definite manner in the context
of its contentious jurisdiction.
2. Require the State to maintain the Court informed about the situation of the deprivation of
liberty of Mr. Wong Ho Wing, and, to this end, it must submit a report to the Inter-American Court
of Human Rights by June 2, 2014, at the latest.
3. Request the representative of Mr. Wong Ho Wing to submit any observations deemed pertinent
to the report requested in the preceding operative paragraph within four weeks from the date of
receipt of the aforementioned report from the State.
4. Request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present any observations it
deems relevant to the report from the State requested in the second operative paragraph and the
corresponding comments of the representative of the beneficiary within two weeks of the deadline
for the submission of the foregoing observations of the representative.
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Judge Diego García-Sayán, of Peruvian nationality, did not participate in the hearing or deliberation of this
order, pursuant to that established in Articles 19(2) of the Statute and 19(1) of the Rules of the Court.