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6.
That the Court request the Government of Honduras to send it
immediately a copy of the autopsies and ballistic tests carried out regarding the
assassinations of Messrs. Vilorio, Pavón and Landaverde.
46.
That same day the Government submitted a copy of the death certificate and the autopsy
report of José Isaías Vilorio, both dated January 5, 1988.
47.
On January 18, 1988, the Court decided, by a vote of six to one, to hear the parties in a
public session the following day regarding the measures requested by the Commission. After the
hearing, taking into account "Articles 63 (2), 33 and 62 (3) of the American Convention on Human
Rights, Articles 1 and 2 of the Statute of the Court and Article 23 of its Rules of Procedure and its
character as a judicial body and the powers which derive therefrom," the Court unanimously
decided, by Order of January 19, 1988, on the following additional provisional measures:
1.
That the Government of Honduras, within a period of two weeks, inform
this Court on the following points:
a.
the measures that have been adopted or will be adopted to protect the
physical integrity of, and to avoid irreparable harm to, those witnesses who have
testified or have been summoned to do so in these cases.
b.
the judicial investigations that have been or will be undertaken with
respect to threats against the aforementioned individuals.
c.
the investigations of the assassinations, including forensic reports, and the
actions that are proposed to be taken within the judicial system of Honduras to
punish those responsible.
2.
That the Government of Honduras adopt concrete measures to make clear
that the appearance of an individual before the Inter-American Commission or
Court of Human Rights, under conditions authorized by the American Convention
and by the rules of procedure of both bodies, is a right enjoyed by every
individual and is recognized as such by Honduras as party to the Convention.
This decision was delivered to the parties in Court.
48.
Pursuant to the Court's decision of January 19, 1988, the Government submitted the
following documents on February 3, 1988:
1.
A copy of the autopsy report on the death of Professor Miguel Angel Pavón
Salazar, certified by the Third Criminal Court of San Pedro Sula, Department of
Cortés, on January 27, 1988 and prepared by forensic specialist Rolando Tábora,
of that same Court.
2.
A copy of the autopsy report on the death of Professor Moisés Landaverde
Recarte, certified by the above Court on the same date and prepared by the same
forensic specialist.
3.
A copy of a statement made by Dr. Rolando Tábora, forensic specialist, as
part of the inquiry undertaken by the above Court into the deaths of Miguel Angel
Pavón and Moisés Landaverde Recarte, and certified by that Court on January 27,
1988.