INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OF CASIERRA QUIÑONEZ ET AL. vs. ECUADOR JUDGMENT OF MAY 11, 2022 (Preliminary Objection, Merits, and Reparations) In the Case of Casierra Quiñonez et al. v. Ecuador, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court,” “the Court,” or “the Tribunal”), composed of the following judges:* Ricardo C. Pérez Manrique, President; Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot, Judge; Nancy Hernández López, Judge; Veronica Gomez, Judge; Patricia Pérez Goldberg, Judge, and Rodrigo de Bittencourt Mudrovitsch, 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 “the Rules of Procedure” or “the Court’s Rules of Procedure”), delivers this judgment structured as follows: Judge Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto did not participate in the deliberation and signing of this Judgment, for reasons of force majeure accepted by the Plenary of the Court. *