INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OF CRUZ SÁNCHEZ ET AL. V. PERU JUDGMENT OF APRIL 17, 2015 (Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs) In the case of Cruz Sánchez et al., the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court,”) composed of the following judges: Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto, President; Roberto F. Caldas, Vice President; Manuel E. Ventura Robles; Alberto Pérez Pérez; Eduardo Vio Grossi, and Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot; also present, Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Registrar, and Emilia Segares Rodríguez, Deputy Registrar, pursuant to Articles 62(3) and 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention or “the Convention”) and Articles 31, 32, 42, 65 and 67 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), delivers this judgment structured as follows: Pursuant to Article 19(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Court applicable to the instant case, which holds, “[i]n the cases referred to in Article 44 of the [American] Convention, a Judge who is a national of the respondent State shall not be able to participate in the hearing and deliberation of the case,” Judge Diego García-Sayán, who is Peruvian by nationality, did not take part in processing or deliberating this case, or signing this judgment. 