TABLE OF CONTENTS
I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND CAUSE OF ACTION ................................. 4
II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ............................................................ 5
III JURISDICTION .......................................................................................... 6
IV EVIDENCE .................................................................................................. 6
A. Admissibility of documentary evidence ............................................................ 6
B. Admissibility of testimonial evidence ............................................................... 7
V FACTS ........................................................................................................... 7
A. Attempted coup d’état and subsequent declaration of a state of emergency in 2000
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B. Detention of Jorge Luis López Sosa ................................................................ 8
C. Domestic administrative and judicial proceedings .......................................... 11
C.1 The criminal and police disciplinary proceedings brought against Jorge Luis
López Sosa ................................................................................................ 11
C.2 The complaint filed by Mr. López Sosa for physical coercion and torture ...... 13
D. Relevant regulatory framework ................................................................... 18
VI MERITS .................................................................................................... 20
VI-1 ............................................................................................................... 20
RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY ...................................................................... 20
A. Arguments of the parties and the Commission ............................................... 20
B. Considerations of the Court ......................................................................... 21
B.1 General considerations with regard to the right to personal liberty .............. 21
B.2 Application of the standards to the specific case ....................................... 23
VI-2 ............................................................................................................... 27
RIGHT TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY IN RELATION TO ....................................... 27
THE OBLIGATION TO RESPECT RIGHTS ......................................................... 27
A. Arguments of the parties and the Commission ............................................... 27
B. Considerations of the Court ......................................................................... 28
B.1 General considerations on the right to personal integrity and, in particular, to
the right of every person not to be subjected to torture .................................. 28
B.2 Application of the standards to the specific case ....................................... 29
VI-3 ............................................................................................................... 31
RIGHTS TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES AND JUDICIAL PROTECTION ................. 31
A. Arguments of the parties and the Commission ............................................... 31
B. Considerations of the Court ......................................................................... 33
B.1 General considerations on due diligence in investigations of acts of torture .. 33
B.2 General considerations regarding “within a reasonable time” ...................... 34
B.3 Application of the standards to the specific case ....................................... 35
VII REPARATIONS ........................................................................................ 37
A. Injured party ............................................................................................ 38
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