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1)
Facts occurred between May 6 and 9, 1992: differences in the description and
classification of the same by the Commission and the common intervener
164. It has been clearly established that Peru acknowledges the facts occurred
between May 6 and 9, 1992 presented in the Commission’s application and that it
also expressed that “it acknowledged” “the situations expressed in the brief of
pleadings, motions, and evidence presented by the common intervener.” (supra
para. 150). However, the Commission and the intervener did not coincide in the
description and classification of some of the facts that occurred in said period.
165. In some cases the difference obeys to the fact that the intervener explains
the fact claimed by the Commission in a more ample manner. In this sense there is
no problem since, according to the jurisprudence of this Tribunal, the intervener may
explain or clarify the facts presented in the application (supra para. 162). Besides,
Peru acknowledged said facts (supra para. 150).
166. However, there are other facts in which there is a contradiction between the
Commission’s arguments and the intervener’s position and it is contradictory to
adopt both versions of the fact. These are, basically, the facts regarding the
existence of a riot or a resistance of the inmates prior to “Operative Transfer 1” in
the early morning of May 6, 1992, as well as the possession and employment of
weapons by the inmates. The different classification made by the parties regarding
these facts is due mainly to the analysis and assessment they have made of the
evidence. The Tribunal will determine the facts based on the evidence presented in
this process, applying the rules of competent analysis.
2)
Facts occurred after May 9 1992: facts not included in the application, which
are object of this case
167. In its application the Commission presented several facts that allegedly
occurred after May 9, 1992, date on which the so-called “Operative Transfer 1”
concluded. However, the Court has proven that in her brief of pleadings and motions
the common intervener presented more facts than those included in the
Commission’s application, with regard to what is claimed happened after that date.
Likewise, in its final arguments the Commission included as facts of this case some
of the factual situations presented by the common intervener.
168. Since in the present case the lack of inclusion of those facts was observed by
the common intervener and that from the appendixes to the petition facts that were
not expressly included in the same can be concluded, the Tribunal will proceed to
rule on this factual matter.
169. Before this situation and in compliance with the responsibilities that
correspond to it regarding the protection of human rights, the Tribunal will use its
power to make its own determination of the facts of the case9 that allegedly occurred
after May 9, 1992 (supra para. 162) and will determine in the chapter of Facts
Proven those that are object of this case. For this, the Court will take into account
the facts described by the Commission in its application and those that arise from
the evidence provided as appendixes to the same. Besides, the Tribunal has made
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Cfr. Case of the Ituango Massacres, supra note 7, para. 192; Case of the Pueblo Bello Massacre,
supra note 7, para. 55; and Case of the “Mapiripán Massacre”, supra note 8, para. 59.