81
Convention) and such measures as may be necessary to guarantee that violations as
the ones declared in the […] judgment do not oc[cur] again in its jurisdiction.”161
175. In this regard, it is the duty of the State to guarantee that in the new
proceedings brought against Urcesino Ramírez-Rojas the requirements of due process
of law are met, with full guarantees regarding the hearing and defense of the
defendant.
XI
ARTICLE 9 OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION
IN RELATION TO ARTICLE 1(1)
(FREEDOM FROM EX POST FACTO LAWS)
Arguments of the Commission
176. In relation to the alleged violation of Article 9 of the Convention, the InterAmerican Commission stated that:
a) The sentences imposed on Wilson García-Asto and Urcesino Ramírez-Rojas,
“as well as the new proceedings br[ought] against them on the basis of the
application of the same rules [...], under the reinterpretations [required] from
Peruvian judges by the judgment rendered by the Constitutional Court on January
3, 2003, violate the nullum crimen nulla poena sine lege praevia principle;
b) The interpretation of the definition of the crime of terrorism made by the
Constitutional Court of Peru in its judgment of January 3, 2003 “provides no
solutions for the serious deficiencies and flaws that have persisted in the
definition of the crime of terrorism since it was drafted, inasmuch as it preserves
its repressive nature and continues to imperil protected rights and guarantees;”
c) The crime of terrorism as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of Decree-Law No.
25.475 and the crime defined in Articles 319 and 320 of the Criminal Code of
1991 contain “criminal definitions intrinsically linked to [the] definition of Article 2
of Decree-Law No. 25.475;”
d) “The definition of the crime of terrorism set forth in Article 319 of the
Criminal Code of 1991 and the one included in Article 2 of 1992 Decree [Law No.]
25.475, in describing said conduct, guide the interpretation of other criminal rules
defining different types of conduct [...]. A separate judicial interpretation of each
norm to indeterminately subsume the conduct of the accused and convicted
person indefinitely not only violates the non bis in idem principle, but also entails
serious consequences for due process and the right to freedom;”
161
Cf. Case of De la Cruz-Flores, supra note 4, para. 117; Case of Castillo-Petruzzi et al, supra note
152, para. 222; and Case of Suárez-Rosero, supra note 145, para. 106.
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