5 IV PROCEEDINGS WITH THE COURT 15. On March 31, 1999, the Commission filed an application for the Court to decide whether articles 8 (Right to a Fair Trial), 13 (Freedom of Thought and Expression), 20 (Right to Nationality), 21 (Right to Private Property) and 25 (Right to Judicial Protection) of the American Convention had been violated, all in relation to Article 1(1) (Obligation to Respect Rights) thereof. It also petitioned the Court to find that the State must restore to Mr. Ivcher Bronstein the full enjoyment of his violated rights and guarantees, specifically: a. To order that Mr. Ivcher Bronstein’s Peruvian nationality title be reinstated and that full and unconditional recognition of his Peruvian nationality be restored, with all attendant rights and prerogatives. b. To order that Mr. Ivcher Bronstein’s enjoyment and exercise of his right to own his shares in the Compañía Latinoamericana de Radiodifusión S.A. be restored to him, along with all his prerogatives as a shareholder in and administrator of that business. c. To order that Peru must guarantee Mr. Ivcher Bronstein’s enjoyment and exercise of his right to freedom of expression and, in particular, that the acts of harassment and persecution against him cease. d. To order that the material and moral damages that the conduct of Peru’s administrative and judicial organs caused to Mr. Ivcher Bronstein be redressed and that he be paid damages. The Commission also petitioned the Court to order the State to adopt the legislative and administrative measures necessary to avoid a recurrence of events of this nature, and to investigate the violation of Mr. Ivcher’s basic rights and punish those responsible. Lastly, the Commission requested that the State be ordered to pay costs and to reimburse the victim for the expenses incurred in litigating this case, both in the domestic courts and in the inter-American system, including reasonable attorneys fees. 16. The Commission named Mr. Hélio Bicudo and Mr. Claudio Grossman as its delegates; Mr. Jorge E. Taiana, Mr. Hernando Valencia Villa, Ms. Christina M. Cerna, Mr. Idnacio Alvarez and Mr. Santiago Cantón as advisors, and Mr. Alberto A. Borea Odría, Mr. Elliot Abrams, Ms. Viviana Krsticevic and Ms. María Claudia Pulido as assistants. 17. Pursuant to Article 34 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, on April 20, 1999 the President requested that the Commission correct certain problems in the presentation of the application and gave it 20 days in which to do so. 18. On May 5, 1999, the Commission corrected the problems with the documentation submitted with the application. 19. On May 10, 1999, the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) notified the State of the application and advised it of the time limits for answering

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