76 Convention to the detriment of those persons who have not been included in the State’s acknowledgement of international responsibility. 146. The Court considers that it is opportune to examine together the alleged violations of Articles 6(2) and 7 of the Convention since, first, the representatives claimed the alleged violation of both articles to the detriment of the same people, with the exception of two people, regarding whom it only alleged the violation of Article 6 of the Convention and, second, the facts are closely related because the herdsmen were allegedly deprived of their liberty and then obliged to herd livestock. 147. The Court observes that the Commission did not submit allegations in relation to the alleged violations of Articles 6(2) and 7 of the American Convention, regarding the persons mentioned by the representatives. However, the Court’s case law has established clearly that the representatives may allege violations other than those alleged by the Commission, provided these allegations relate to facts set out in the application.170 In this regard, the Commission indicated in the section on the facts in the application that, from the “evidence it is clear that the paramilitary group obliged the 17 peasants from the zone to herd the livestock to their destination points.”171 In addition, in that section of the application, the Commission transcribed the two testimonies which refer to these “17” herdsmen.172 Consequently, the Court finds that the representatives claimed the alleged violation of Article 6(2) of the Convention, to the detriment of 17 alleged victims, based on the facts included in the application, and Article 7 of the Convention to the detriment of 15 of these same persons (supra paras. 141(b) and 142(a)). 148. Article 6(2) of the American Convention establishes that “[n]o one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labor. […]” 149. Article 7 of the Convention stipulates that: 1. Every person has the right to personal liberty and security. 2. No one shall be deprived of his physical liberty except for the reasons and under the conditions established beforehand by the constitution of the State Party concerned or by a law established pursuant thereto. 3. No one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest or imprisonment. 4. Anyone who is detained shall be informed of the reasons for his detention and shall be promptly notified of the charge or charges against him. 170 Cf. Case of the Pueblo Bello Massacre, supra note 9, para. 54; Case of García Asto and Ramírez Rojas, supra note 5, para. 219; and Case of the “Mapiripán Massacre”, supra note 8, para. 57. 171 Paragraph 55 of the Inter-American Commission’s application. 172 The testimony of Alfredo Torres Jaramillo, transcribed in paragraph 55 of the Commission’s application, indicates: “and from all of us they had assembled there with them, and I don’t remember their names, they chose 17 of use and sent us to gather cattle and other animals from the farms and collect them on one farm (...) they forced us, we had to herd them (...) we did not receive anything for this.” Also, the testimony of Francisco Osvaldo Pino Posada, transcribed in paragraph 56 of the Commission’s application, indicates: “we, the herdsmen, […] were obliged to herd the livestock; […] there were 17 of us, including Ricardo Barrera, Omar Torres, Román Salazar, Libardo Carvajal, Rodrigo Mendoza, Milcíades Crespo, etc.”

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