INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
CASE OF THE VILLAGE OF LOS JOSEFINOS MASSACRE V. GUATEMALA
JUDGMENT OF JULY 27, 2022
(Interpretation of the Judgment on preliminary objection,
merits, reparations and costs)
In the case of the Village of Los Josefinos Massacre v. Guatemala,
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the
Court”), composed of the following judges: *
L. Patricio Pazmiño Freire, acting President,
Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto,
Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot,
Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni, and
Ricardo Pérez Manrique,
also present,
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary,
Romina I. Sijniensky, Deputy Secretary,
pursuant to Article 67 of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter also “the
American Convention” or “the Convention”) and Article 68 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court
(hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), decides the requests for interpretation of the judgment on
preliminary objection, merits, reparations and costs in this case delivered by this Court on
November 2, 2021 (hereinafter also “the judgment”), filed on March 16 and March 21, 2022, by
the State of Guatemala (hereinafter “the State” or “Guatemala”) and the representatives of the
victims (hereinafter “the victims’ representatives” or “the representatives”), respectively.
*
This interpretation judgment is delivered during the Court’s sixty-fifth special session held virtually using
technological means as established in the Court’s Rules of Procedure. For reasons beyond their control accepted by the
Court, Judges Elizabeth Odio Benito and Eduardo Vio Grossi did not take part in the deliberation and signature of this
interpretation judgment.
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