INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
CASE OF MANUELA ∗ ET AL. V. EL SALVADOR
JUDGMENT OF JULY 27, 2022
(Interpretation of the Judgment on preliminary objections,
merits, reparations and costs)
In the case of Manuela et al. v. El Salvador,
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”),
composed of the following judges: ∗∗
L. Patricio Pazmiño Freire, acting President,
Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto,
Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot,
Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni, and
Ricardo Pérez Manrique,
also present,
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary and
Romina I. Sijniensky, Deputy Secretary,
pursuant to Article 67 of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter also “the American
Convention” or “the Convention”) and Article 68 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter
“the Rules of Procedure”), decides the request for interpretation of the judgment on preliminary
objections, merits, reparations and costs in this case delivered by this Court on November 2, 2021
(hereinafter “the judgment”), filed by the Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo Local of El Salvador
and the Center for Reproductive Rights (hereinafter “the representatives”), on February 28, 2011.
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In its judgment on preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs, the full Court decided to admit the request to
maintain the identity of the victims confidential. It therefore refers to them as Manuela, and the mother, father, elder son and
younger son of Manuela. The Court will continue this confidentiality for the purposes of this interpretation judgment.
This interpretation judgment is delivered during the Court’s sixty-fifth special session held virtually using technological means
as established in the Court’s Rules of Procedure. For reasons beyond their control accepted by the full Court, Judges Elizabeth Odio
Benito and Eduardo Vio Grossi did not take part in the deliberation and signature of this interpretation judgment.
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