ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ∗
OF MAY 22, 2013
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
WITH REGARD TO THE REPUBLIC OF PERU
MATTER OF WONG HO WING
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the acting President for this matter (hereinafter “the acting President”)
of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the
Court”) of March 24, 2010, as well as the Orders of the Court of May 28 and November 26,
2010, and March 4 and July 1, 2011, in which it was decided, inter alia, to require the
Republic of Peru (hereinafter also “the State” or “Peru”) to abstain from extraditing Wong Ho
Wing.
2.
The Order of October 10, 2011, in which the Court decided to lift the provisional
measures it had ordered.
3.
The Order of the Court of April 27, 2012, in which it required the State to forward
specific information. This was sent by Peru on May 25, 2012, and assessed by the Court in
its Order of June 26, 2012, infra.
4.
The Order of the Court of June 26, 2012, in which it required the State to “abstain
from extraditing Wong Ho Wing until December 14, 2012, in order to allow the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to examine and rule on case No. 12,724.”
5.
The Order of the acting President of December 6, 2012, and also the Order of the
Court of February 13, 2013, in which it was decided:
1. To require the State, as established in this Order, to abstain from extraditing Wong Ho Wing until
June 1, 2013, in order to allow the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to examine and rule
on case No. 12,794.
2. To require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to keep the Court informed about
the situation of case No. 12,794 before that organ and, to this end, present a report to the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights by April 1, 2013, at the latest.
3. To request the State to present any observations it deems pertinent on the information required
from the Inter-American Commission in the preceding operative paragraph, within four weeks of
receiving it.
6.
The brief of April 1, 2013, in which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
(hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) forwarded the
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Judge Diego García-Sayán, a Peruvian national, recused himself from hearing this matter, in accordance
with Articles 19 of the Court’s Statute and 19(1) of its Rules of Procedure. Consequently, in accordance with Articles
4(2) and 5 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, Judge Manuel Ventura Robles, Vice President of the Court, became
acting President in this request for provisional measures.