ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS∗
OF FEBRUARY 2, 2006
PROVISIONAL MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
REGARDING THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MATTER OF HAITIANS AND DOMINICANS OF HAITIAN-ORIGIN IN THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court”, “the Court” or “the Tribunal”) of August 18, 2000, wherein it was
decided:
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1.
To require that the State of the Dominican Republic adopt, forthwith, whatever
measures are necessary to protect the lives and personal integrity of Benito TideMéndez, Antonio Sension, Andrea Alezy, Janty Fils-Aime, and William MedinaFerreras.
2.
To require that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urgently report
in detail to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, no later than August 31,
2000, about the current situation of Rafaelito Pérez-Charles and Berson Gelim, in
relationship to diverging affirmations of the parties on these two persons.
3.
To require that the State of the Dominican Republic abstain from deporting or
expelling Benito Tide-Méndez and Antonio Sension from its territory.
4.
To require that the State of the Dominican Republic permit the immediate return
to its territory of Janty Fils-Aime and William Medina-Ferreras.
5.
To require that the State of the Dominican Republic permit, within the shortest
possible time, the family reunification of Antonio Sension and Andrea Alezy with
their minor children in the Dominican Republic.
6.
To require that the State of the Dominican Republic collaborate with Antonio
Sension to obtain information on the whereabouts of his next of kin either in Haiti
or in the Dominican Republic.
7.
To require that the State of the Dominican Republic, within the framework of the
pertinent cooperation agreements between the Dominican Republic and Haiti,
investigate the situation of Janty Fils-Aime and William Medina-Ferreras, under
Judge Diego García-Sayán informed the Court that, by reason of force majeure, he was unable to
attend the deliberation and signing of this Order.