ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF FEBRUARY 13, 2013
REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES
REGARDING HONDURAS
CASE OF PACHECHO TERUEL ET AL.
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The brief of the organizations Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación
de la Compañía de Jesús (ERIC-SJ), Pastoral Penitenciaria and CARITAS in the Diocese
of San Pedro Sula (hereinafter “the representatives”), submitted on January 23, 2013, on
behalf of Mrs. Sandra Lorena Ramos, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American
Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the
Convention”) and Article 27 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure1 (hereinafter “the Rules”),
requesting that the Republic of Honduras (hereinafter “the State” or “Honduras”) grant
protection to Sandra Lorena Ramos Cárcamo and her three minor daughters.2
2.
Mrs. Ramos Cárcamo was summoned by the President of the Court and rendered
her testimony before the Court during the public hearing in the Case of Pacheco Teruel et
al., on February 28, 2012. In the Judgment on merits, reparations and costs she was
declared a victim, as a relative of the deceased inmate Wilfredo Reyes3.
3.
The request for provisional measures submitted by the representatives is based
on the following facts:
a)
on October 26, 2012 the local television channel reported that the State
had complied with the compensation payments to the victims, ordered by this
Court in the Case of Pacheco Teruel et al. v. Honduras in connection with the
incidents that occurred in the Prison of San Pedro Sula in 1994, also disclosing the
amounts of those payments;
b)
on October 27 of the same year, the three minor daughters of Mrs. Lorena
Ramos were on their way to a small shop when they were startled by three men,
two of them masked, who threatened them. According to the account provided by
the representatives: “a man attacked them; without saying a word, he grabbed
Judge Alberto Pérez Pérez informed the Court that, for reasons beyond his control, he could not attend
the discussion and signing of this Order.
1
Rules of Procedure of the Court approved at its Eighty-fifth Regular Period of Sessions, held on
November 16-28, 2009.
2
The full names of the three minor daughters of Mrs. Sandra Lorena Ramos, K. K., A. M. and M. N.,
shall be kept confidential by the Court.
3
Case of Pacheco Teruel et al. v. Honduras. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of April 27, 2012,
Series C No. 241, paras. 72 and 84.