ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF NOVEMBER 27, 2003
HILAIRE, CONSTANTINE AND BENJAMIN ET AL. *
V. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CASE
COMPLIANCE WITH JUDGMENT **
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The June 21, 2002 Judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) in the Hilaire, Constantine
and Benjamin et al. vs. Trinidad and Tobago Case, in which it:
declare[d] with respect to the merits
[...]
1.
that the State violated the right to life enshrined in Article 4(1) and 4(2), in
conjunction with Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights [...] to the
detriment of Haniff Hilaire, George Constantine, Wenceslaus James, Denny Baptiste,
Clarence Charles, Keiron Thomas, Anthony Garcia, Wilson Prince, Darrin Roger Thomas,
Mervyn Edmund, Samuel Winchester, Martin Reid, Rodney Davis, Gangadeen Tahaloo,
Noel Seepersad, Wayne Matthews, Alfred Frederick, Natasha De Leon, Vijay Mungroo,
Phillip Chotalal, Naresh Boodram, Joey Ramiah, Nigel Mark, Wilberforce Bernard, Steve
Mungroo, Peter Benjamin, Krishendath Seepersad, Allan Phillip, Narine Sooklal, Amir
Mowlah, Mervyn Parris, and Francis Mansingh;
[...]
2.
that the State breached its obligation established in Article 2 of the American
Convention on Human Rights [...] to the detriment of Haniff Hilaire, George
Constantine, Wenceslaus James, Denny Baptiste, Clarence Charles, Keiron Thomas,
Anthony Garcia, Wilson Prince, Darrin Roger Thomas, Mervyn Edmund, Samuel
Winchester, Martin Reid, Rodney Davis, Gangadeen Tahaloo, Noel Seepersad, Wayne
Matthews, Alfred Frederick, Natasha De Leon, Vijay Mungroo, Phillip Chotalal, Naresh
Boodram, Joey Ramiah, Nigel Mark, Wilberforce Bernard, Steve Mungroo, Peter
Benjamin, Krishendath Seepersad, Allan Phillip, Narine Sooklal, Amir Mowlah, Mervyn
Parris, and Francis Mansingh;
[...]
3.
that the State violated the right to be tried within a reasonable time protected
in Articles 7(5) and 8(1) in conjunction with Articles 1(1) and 2 of the American
Convention on Human Rights [...] to the detriment of Haniff Hilaire, George
Constantine, Wenceslaus James, Denny Baptiste, Clarence Charles, Keiron Thomas,
Wilson Prince, Darrin Roger Thomas, Mervyn Edmund, Martin Reid, Rodney Davis,
Gangadeen Tahaloo, Noel Seepersad, Wayne Matthews, Alfred Frederick, Natasha De
Leon, Vijay Mungroo, Phillip Chotalal, Naresh Boodram, Joey Ramiah, Nigel Mark,
Wilberforce Bernard, Steve Mungroo, Peter Benjamin, Krishendath Seepersad, Allan
Phillip, Narine Sooklal, Amir Mowlah, Mervyn Parris, and Francis Mansingh;
[...]
4.
that the State violated the right to an effective recourse established in Articles
8 and 25 in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights
*
Judge Salgado Pesantes informed that Court that, for reasons of force majeure, he could not
participate in the deliberation and signing of the instant Order.
**
Done in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic.
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