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In accordance with Article 35 of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American
Court, the Commission is enclosing a copy of Report 56/12, prepared in compliance with
Article 50 of the American Convention, as well as a copy of the entire file before the
Inter-American Commission (Appendix I), and the annexes used in drafting Report 56/12
(Annexes). Said report was notified to the Venezuelan State by means of communication
of April 10, 2012, granting it a period of two months to report on the implementation of
the recommendations. The State of Venezuela has no answered to this requirement.
The Commission submits the instant case to the jurisdiction of the Inter-American
Court due to the need to obtain justice for the victims and the lack of detailed and
substantial information about State’s compliance with the recommendations.
The Commission submits to the Inter-American Court all the facts and violations
of Human Rights stated in the Report on the Merits 58/12 and request that the InterAmerican Court declare that the State of Argentina is responsible for:
1. Violation of the rights to life and humane treatment enshrined in Articles 4 and 5
of the American Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1(1) of that
instrument, to the detriment of Igmar Alexander Landaeta Mejías.
2. Violation of the rights to life, humane treatment, personal liberty, and special
protection due to children enshrined in Articles 4, 5, 7, and 19 of the American
Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1(1) of that instrument, to the
detriment of Eduardo José Landaeta Mejías.
3. Violation of the rights to humane treatment, a fair trial, and judicial protection
recognized at Articles 5, 8, and 25 of the American Convention taken in
conjunction with Article 1(1) of that instrument, to the detriment of María
Magdalena Mejías (mother), Ignacio Landaeta Muñoz (father), Victoria Eneri y
Leydis Rossimar, (sisters), Francy Yelut Parra Guzmán (Alexander Landaeta
Mejías' life partner), and Johanyelis Alejandra Parra (Igmar Alexander Landaeta
Mejías' daughter).
Based on the foregoing conclusions, the Commission recommends that the
Venezuelan State:
1. Conduct a complete, impartial, effective, and timely investigation of the human
rights violations described in this report, in order to establish and impose punishment for
the intellectual and material responsibility for the facts described.
2. These investigations must be conducted in such a way as to establish the links
between each of the events covered in this report, as well as between those events and
the more general context of violence and extrajudicial executions committed by the
regional police.
3. Provide appropriate administrative, disciplinary, and criminal measures to
address the actions and omissions of the State officials who contributed to justice denied
and impunity surrounding the facts in this case.
4. Make adequate reparations for the human rights violations related in this
report in both material and moral terms.