INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OF HABBAL ET AL. V. ARGENTINA JUDGMENT OF AUGUST 31, 2022 (Preliminary objections and merits) In the case of Habbal et al. v. Argentina, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter also “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”), composed of the following judges:* Ricardo C. Pérez Manrique, President Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto, Vice President Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot Nancy Hernández López Patricia Pérez Goldberg Rodrigo de Bittencourt Mudrovitsch also present, Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Registrar,** pursuant to Articles 62(3) and 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter also “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) and Articles 31, 32, 62, 65 and 67 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), delivers this judgment, structured as follows: * Judge Verónica Gómez, a citizen of Argentina, did not take part in the deliberation and signing of this judgment, pursuant to Articles 19(2) of the Statute and 19(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court. ** The Deputy Registrar, Romina I. Sijniensky, did not take part in the deliberation and signing of this judgment.

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