INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
CASE OF VILLARROEL MERINO ET AL V. ECUADOR
JUDGMENT OF AUGUST 24, 2021
(Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs)
In the Case of Villarroel Merino et al. v. Ecuador,
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”),
composed of the following judges:*
Elizabeth Odio Benito, President
Eduardo Vio Grossi, Judge
Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto, Judge
Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot, Judge
Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni, Judge, and
Ricardo Pérez Manrique, Judge.
also present
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary, and
Romina I. Sijniensky, Deputy Secretary
pursuant to Articles 62(3) and 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the
American Convention” or “the Convention”) and Articles 31, 32, 42, 65 and 67 of the Rules of
Procedure of the Court (hereinafter also “the Rules of Procedure”), delivers this judgment.
Judge L. Patricio Pazmiño Freire, Vice President of the Court, an Ecuadorian national, did not take part in the
deliberation and signature of this judgment pursuant to the provisions of Articles 19(2) of the Court’s Statute and 19(1) of
its Rules of Procedure.
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