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 March 11, 2011 Ref.: Case No. 12.680 Rafael Arturo Pacheco Teruel et. al. Deaths from fire at San Pedro Sula Prison Honduras Mr. Secretary: I am pleased to address you on behalf of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in order to file Case No. 12.680, Rafael Arturo Pacheco Teruel et. al. (Deaths from fire at San Pedro Sula Prison v. the State of Honduras (hereinafter “the State,” “the Honduran State” or “Honduras”), before the jurisdiction of the Honorable Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The Honduran State ratified the American Convention on September 8, 1977, and accepted the contentious jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court on September 9, 1981. The Commission has designated Commissioner Felipe González and, Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Santiago A. Canton, as its delegates. Likewise, Elizabeth AbiMershed, Deputy Executive Secretary, and Lilly Ching, Isabel Madariaga and Andrés Pizarro, attorneys at the Executive Secretariat of the IACHR will serve as legal advisors. In accordance with Article 35 of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Court, the Commission is enclosing with this communication a copy of Report 118/10 prepared in accordance with Article 50 of the American Convention, as well as a copy of the entire file before the Inter-American Commission (Appendix I.) The merits report of October 22, 2010, was notified to the State by means of communication of December 14, 2010, granting it a two-month term to report on the implementation of the recommendations. The IACHR determined that the term elapsed without the State complying with the recommendations. Mr. Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary Inter-American Court of Human Rights P.O. Box 6906-1000 San José, Costa Rica Enclosures