TABLE OF CONTENTS
I
INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND PURPOSE OF THE DISPUTE ............................... 4
II
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ..................................................................... 5
III
JURISDICTION ................................................................................................. 11
IV
PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS ................................................................................ 11
A.
Alleged time-barred presentation of the petition ......... ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
A.1 Arguments of the parties and the Commission ...................................................... 12
A.2 Considerations of the Court ................................................................................ 12
B.
The Commission’s alleged failure to assess the progress made in complying with the
Merits Report ........................................................................................................... 13
B.1 Arguments of the parties and the Commission ...................................................... 13
B.2 Considerations of the Court ................................................................................ 13
V
PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION .......................................................................... 14
A.
Arguments of the parties and the Commission ...................................................... 14
B.
Considerations of the Court ................................................................................ 14
VI
EVIDENCE ....................................................................................................... 15
A.
Admissibility of the documentary evidence ................. ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
B.
Admissibility of the statements offered ...................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
VII FACTS ............................................................................................................. 16
A.
Factual framework .................................................. ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
B.
Factual context ....................................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
C.
Manuela and her family unit ............................................................................... 20
D.
Manuela’s pregnancy ............................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
E.
The medical treatment of the obstetric emergency ................................................ 21
F.
The criminal prosecution of Manuela ................................................................... 22
G.
The presumed victim’s detention and subsequent investigation procedures ....... ¡Error!
Marcador no definido.
H.
Manuela’s trial ........................................................ ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
I.
Guilty verdict ......................................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
J.
Situation of the presumed victim’s health while deprived of liberty¡Error!
Marcador
no definido.
K.
Subsequent judicial remedies ................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
VIII MERITS ................................................................... ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
VIII-1 RIGHTS TO PERSONAL LIBERTY AND PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE IN RELATION TO
THE OBLIGATIONS TO RESPECT RIGHTS AND TO ADOPT DOMESTIC LEGAL PROVISIONS . 30
A.
Arguments of the parties and the Commission ...................................................... 30
B.
Considerations of the Court ................................................................................ 31
VIII-2 RIGHTS TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES, PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND EQUALITY BEFORE
THE LAW, IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATIONS TO RESPECT RIGHTS WITHOUT
DISCRIMINATION AND TO ADOPT DOMESTIC LEGAL PROVISIONS ................................. 35
A.
Arguments of the parties and the Commission ...................................................... 35
B.
Considerations of the Court ................................................................................ 37
B.1 The right to defense .......................................................................................... 37
B.2 The use of gender stereotypes and judicial guarantees .......................................... 40
B.3 The sentence imposed on Manuela ...................................................................... 47
B.4 Conclusion ....................................................................................................... 50
VIII-3 RIGHTS TO LIFE, PERSONAL INTEGRITY, HEALTH, PRIVACY AND EQUALITY BEFORE
THE LAW IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATIONS TO RESPECT RIGHTS WITHOUT
DISCRIMINATION AND TO ADOPT DOMESTIC LEGAL PROVISIONS ................................. 50
A.
Arguments of the parties and the Commission ...................................................... 50
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