-29[…] it ratifi[ed] the implicit acknowledgment of international responsibility made in the
Joint Press Release of February 22, 2001, whereby it acknowledged its international
responsibility for the violation of the human rights of the SITRAMUN workers, as provided
for in Article 25(2)(c) of the American Convention.
[…] due to the economic crisis that the Peruvian State is undergoing and the impossibility
to respond to compensations and reparations in the instant case, it is forced to request
the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights [that] that it undertakes the appropriate
measures.
And it concluded that:
[…] the Peruvian State submits the instant case to the best judgment of the InterAmerican Commission of Human Rights.
153. On October 11, 2002 the Commission issued the Report on the Merits No.
66/02, wherein it concluded that
[…] the Peruvian State is responsible for the violation of the right to judicial protection
established in Article 25(2)(c) of the American Convention, against the workers of the
Municipality of Lima and the Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Municipalidad de Lima SITRAMUN (Lima Municipal Workers Union). The foregoing was further deemed to be a
violation by the Peruvian State of the obligation imposed on it by Article 1(1) to respect
and guarantee the rights established in the Convention.
The Commission recommended the State:
To adopt such measures as may be deemed necessary to secure the effective
compliance with the judgments referred to in para. 37[sic] of the […] report.
In such report “the admissibility was extend[ed] to other facts alleged in due time by
the petitioners”, who claimed the non-compliance with other judgments, the victims
of which have [allegedly] been the SITRAMUN workers.”
154. On January 17, 2003 the State issued a report in answer to the
recommendations made by the Commission in its Report No. No. 66/02 pertaining to
Article 50 of the Convention. The State report was issued by the Secretaría Ejecutiva
del Consejo Nacional de Derechos Humanos (Office of the Executive Secretary of the
National Council for Human Rights) on December 20, 2002, which stated, inter alia,
that
it ratifi[ed] what had stated in the Joint Press Release of February 22, 2001,
acknowledging its international responsibility for the violation of the human rights of the
SITRAMUN workers, as provided for in Article 25(2)(c) of the American Convention, which
was stated in report [...] of July 19, 2002.
Likewise, it concluded, inter alia, that:
The Peruvian government and the SITRAMUN workers wish[e]d to start a new stage of
negotiations based on the creation of an Ad Hoc Working Commission, whereby the InterAmerican Commission of Human Rights is requested to consider these conversations
before adopting a final decision […].
155. On February 26, 2003 ““El Peruano” official gazette published Supreme Decree
No. 015-2003-JUS, whereby it was established to create a Working Commission,
which would be in charge of drawing up the final proposal for the solution regarding
the Case 12.084 Sindicato de Trabajadores Municipales de Lima (Lima Municipal
Workers Union). It was decided that such commission should hold regular meetings