Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of Suárez-Rosero v. Ecuador Judgment of May 29, 1999 (Interpretation of the Judgment of Reparations and Costs) In the Suárez Rosero Case, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the InterAmerican Court”), composed of the following judges*: Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, President Hernán Salgado-Pesantes, Judge Máximo Pacheco-Gómez, Judge Oliver Jackman, Judge Alirio Abreu-Burelli, Judge Sergio García-Ramírez, Judge Carlos Vicente de Roux-Rengifo, Judge; also present, Manuel E. Ventura-Robles, Secretary and Renzo Pomi, Deputy Secretary, and pursuant to Article 67 of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”) and articles 29.2 and 58 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), decides the following request filed by the State of Ecuador (hereinafter “Ecuador” or “the State”) on April 16, 1999, seeking an interpretation of the judgment on reparations delivered by the Court on January 20, 1999 in the Suárez Rosero Case (hereinafter “the judgment on reparations”). I COMPETENCE AND COMPOSITION 1. Under Article 67 of the Convention, the Court is competent to interpret its own judgments. When considering a request for interpretation, the Court shall be composed, whenever possible, of the same judges who delivered the judgment of which interpretation is being sought (Article 58.3 of the Rules of Procedure). * In keeping with Article 4.3 of the Rules of Procedure, because he was an Ecuadorian citizen, on September 16, 1997, Judge Hernán Salgado-Pesantes, President of the Court, delegated the functions of the Presidency for this specific case to the Court’s Vice-President, Judge Antônio A. Cançado Trindade.