Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of Salvador Chiriboga v. Ecuador Judgment of May 6, 2008 (Preliminary Objection and Merits) In the case of Salvador Chiriboga, The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, the "Inter-American Court", the "Court" or the "Tribunal"), composed of the following judges: Cecilia Medina-Quiroga, President; Diego García-Sayán, Vice-President; Sergio García Ramírez, Judge Manuel E. Ventura Robles, Judge; Leonardo A. Franco, Judge; Margarette May Macaulay, Judge; Rhadys Abreu-Blondet, Judge and Diego Rodríguez Pinzón, Judge ad hoc Also present: Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary and Emilia Segares Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary; Pursuant to Articles 62(3) and 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter, the “Convention” or the “American Convention”) and Articles 29, 31, 37, 56, 57 and 58 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure (hereinafter, the “Rules of Procedure”) delivers this Judgment. I INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE AND PURPOSE OF THE CLAIM 1. On December 12, 2006, in accordance with the terms of Articles 50 and 61 of the American Convention, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter, the “Commission” or the “Inter-American Commission”) submitted an application to the Court 1 against the Republic of Ecuador (hereinafter, the “State” or “Ecuador”) originating in petition N° 12.054, forwarded to the Secretariat of the Commission on June 3, 1998 by María Salvador Chiriboga and Julio Guillermo Salvador Chiriboga (hereinafter, Salvador 1 The Commission requested an extension of 15 days in order to submit the original application and its appendixes, which was granted by the Court.