ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF JULY 6, 2011
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
REGARDING VENEZUELA
MATTER OF CERTAIN VENEZUELAN PRISONS
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court,” “the Court,” or “the Tribunal”) of February 8, 2008, in the matter of El
Rodeo I & El Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Centers, whereby it decided, inter
alia:
1.
To order the State to adopt the provisional measures necessary to protect the life and
physical integrity of all the people confined in Capital Judicial Confinement Center Rodeo I and Rodeo
II, especially, in order to prevent injuries and violent deaths.
[…]
2.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of November 24, 2009, in the matters of
Monagas Judicial Confinement Center (“La Pica”); Yare I and Yare II Capital Region
Penitentiary Center (Yare Prison); Penitentiary Center of the Central Occidental Region
(Uribana Prison), and Capital El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II, whereby it ruled to
“procedurally joinder the processing of the same” and decided, inter alia:
1.
To order the State to maintain and adopt the measures necessary to continue protecting the
life and personal integrity of the beneficiaries of the following four penitentiary centers: Monagas
Judicial Confinement Center (“La Pica”); Yare I and Yare II Capital Region Penitentiary Center (Yare
Prison); Penitentiary Center of the Central Occidental Region (Uribana Prison) and El Rodeo I and El
rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Center.
2.
To require the State to adopt the necessary measures to protect the life and personal
integrity of Mr. Humberto Prado.
[…]
3.
The Order of the Court of May 15, 2011, in the matter of the Penitentiary Center
of Aragua “Cárcel de Tocorón”, whereby it decided, inter alia: