ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS*
OF NOVEMBER 22, 2010
CASE OF HERRERA ULLOA V. COSTA RICA
SUPERVISION OF COMPLIANCE WITH JUDGMENT
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Judgment on preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs (hereinafter
“the Judgment”) issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the
Inter-American Court,” “the Court” or “the Tribunal”) on July 2, 2004, whereby, inter alia, it
ruled:
4.
The State must nullify, in every respect, the November 12, 1999, judgment made by the Criminal
Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José, in the terms stated in paragraphs 195 and 204 of the Judgment.
5.
Within a reasonable period of time, the State must bring its domestic legal procedures into
conformity with the provisions of Article 8(2)(h) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article
2 thereof, in the terms stated in paragraph 198 of the present Judgment.
6.
The State must pay compensation for immaterial damage to Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa in the
amount of USD 20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States dollars) or the equivalent in Costa Rican currency, in the
terms stated in paragraphs 200, 203, 204 and 205 of the present Judgment.
7.
The State must pay Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa the amount of US$ 10,000.00 (ten thousand
United States dollars) or the equivalent in Costa Rican currency, to defray the expenses incurred by his legal
defense before the inter-American system for the protection of human rights, in the terms stated in paragraphs
202, 203, 204 and 205 of the present Judgment.
[…]
9.
Should the State fall into arrears, it shall pay interest on the amount owed, based on the default
interest rate in Costa Rica, in the terms specified in paragraphs 203 and 204 of the present Judgment.
2.
The Orders of supervision of compliance with the Judgment issued by the Court on
September 12, 2005, September 22, 2006, and July 9, 2009. In the last Order, the
Tribunal declared that the following points were in the process of being complied with:
*
Judge Manuel E. Ventura Robles, of Costa Rican nationality, did not form a part of the Tribunal in the
present case. Consequently, he did not participate in the deliberation or signing of the present Order.