RESOLUTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF DECEMBER 14, 1992 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF PERÚ PERUVIAN PRISONS CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The communication of November 25, 1992 and its annexes, by which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "the Inter-American Commission") submits to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court"), pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention" or "the American Convention"), and 24 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter "the Rules"), a request for provisional measures in Cases 11.015 and 11.048 which are before the Commission regarding the grave situation of the Peruvian prisons of Miguel Castro Castro and Santa Mónica in Lima, Cristo Rey in Ica and Yanamayo in Puno. 2. The Commission's communication which asks the Court to require the Government of Perú (hereinafter "the Government") to take the following provisional measures: 1. That the Government of Peru authorize the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to carry out an inspection of the prisons mentioned above. 2. That the Government of Peru authorize the Inter-American Commission on Human Righs to conduct private interviews with the persons deprived of their liberty in those prisons. 3. That the Government of Peru authorize relatives to provide clothing, food, the means of hygiene and medicine to the persons deprived of their liberty in those prisons. 4. That the Government of Peru authorize the provision of adequate medical attention by independent institutions who can report on the sanitary conditions of the prisoners. 3. The request of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is based upon Articles 5(2) and 48(1)(d) of the American Convention which provide: Article 5. Right to Humane Treatment ...

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