Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of Castillo-Petruzzi et al. v. Peru Judgment of September 4, 1998 (Preliminary Objections) In the Castillo-Petruzzi et al. Case, The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court," "the InterAmerican Court," or "the Tribunal") composed of the following judges1: Hernán Salgado-Pesantes, President Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, Vice-President Máximo Pacheco-Gómez, Judge Oliver Jackman, Judge Sergio García-Ramírez, Judge Carlos Vicente de Roux-Rengifo, Judge Fernando Vidal-Ramírez, Judge ad hoc; also present: Manuel E. Ventura-Robles, Secretary, and Víctor M. Rodríguez-Rescia, Interim Deputy Secretary pursuant to Article 36(6) of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Rules of Procedure"), renders the following judgment on the preliminary objections interposed by the State of Peru (hereinafter "the State" or "Peru"). I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE 1. This case was submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "the Inter-American Commission") on July 22, 1997. It originated with petition No. 11.319 lodged with the Secretariat of the Commission on January 28, 1994. 1 Judge Alirio Abreu-Burelli informed the Court that for reasons of force majeure he could not be present at the final deliberation and signing of this judgment