ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
WITH REGARD TO VENEZUELA
MATTERS OF CERTAIN VENEZUELAN PRISONS
EL RODEO I AND EL RODEO II CAPITAL JUDICIAL CONFINEMENT CENTER
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, the “InterAmerican Court” or the “Court”) of February 8, 2008, on the matter of El Rodeo I and El
Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Center, in which it was decided, inter alia:
1.
To order the State to adopt the provisional measures necessary to protect
the life and personal integrity of all the people confined in Rodeo I and Rodeo II
Capital Judicial Confinement Center, especially, in order to prevent injuries and
violent deaths.
[…]
2.
The Orders of the Inter-American Court of November 24, 2009, in the matters of
Monagas Detention Center (“La Pica”); the Capital Region Penitentiary Center Yare I and
Yare II (“Yare Prison”); the Occidental Region Penitentiary Center (“Uribana Prison”) and
El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Center; of May 15, 2011, in the
matter of Aragua Detention Center (“Tocorón Prison”) and of May 15, 2011, in the matter
of Ciudad Bolivar Judicial Detention Center (“Vista Hermosa Prison”), in which it was
decided to join the processing of these matters and that these provisional measures be
known as “Matters of certain Venezuelan Prisons".
3.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of July 6, 2011, in the matters of certain
Venezuelan prisons, related to Rodeo I and Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Center,
whereby it was decided, inter alia:
1.
To require that the State maintain and adopt the measures necessary to
continue protecting the life and right to humane treatment of the beneficiaries of
El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Center […].
4.
The brief of January 12, 2012, in which the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
(hereinafter, the "State" or "Venezuela"), among other matters, forwarded information