- 29 [T]he purpose sought is that, […] with the pretext of “clarifying” one element of its judgment,
[the Constitutional Court] “amend” its decision, so that it affirms something that it did not
indicate at the time, also affecting the res judicata guarantee established in article 139(2) of
the Constitution. [...]. That, in this regard, in accordance with the content of both the judgment
and the clarification ruling issued by the Constitutional Court, it should be pointed out that in
these decisions it did not make an individual or separate analysis of the offenses of which the
applicant is accused, not only because this was not in order […], but also because what was
relevant was to determine whether or not the right to life of the beneficiary of the habeas
corpus proceeding was in danger if the extradition request was declared admissible.117
C.2.b) The actual situation
91. Following this last decision, the case file does not show that any new appeals have been filed
against the judgment of the Constitutional Court or with regard to the extradition process before
the Supreme Court. Consequently, at this time, the advisory decision of the Criminal Chamber of
the Supreme Court of January 27, 2010, which finds extradition admissible and a binding prima
facie ruling of the Constitutional Court of May 24, 2011, ordering the State to refrain from
extraditing Wong Ho Wing are both in force simultaneously. Since that time, the process has been
in the hands of the Executive Branch, which has not taken a final decision in this regard.
C.3) Diplomatic assurances granted by the People’s Republic of China in relation
to the extradition of Wong Ho Wing
92. In this case, the following diplomatic assurances or notes haves been given to Peru by the
People’s Republic of China progressively, between February 2009 and January 2010, when the
second advisory decision was issued (supra para. 78):
a.
First diplomatic note: note of February 2, 2009
General Directorate No. 24 of the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of
China118 presented the following explanation to the Official Commission for Extraditions and
Prisoner Transfers of the Ministry of Justice of Peru:
A. Based on the nature of the offenses for which the extradition of Wong Ho Wing is requested
and the provisions of the Criminal Code of the People’s Republic of China, there is no possibility
of imposing on him the punishment of life imprisonment or the death penalty.
B. Chinese justice will impose criminal responsibilities on Wong Ho Wing based on the law and
respecting fully the Extradition Treaty between the Governments of China and Peru.119
117
b.
Second diplomatic note: note of August 25, 2009
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Peru
sent the Supreme Court of Justice a note indicating that “[c]ase law exists from similar cases”
where 15 years’ imprisonment has been imposed for acts with the same name, or the same
offense, and involving an equally important sum and the amount of duty evaded, and where
the modus operandi has also been similar, “there was, therefore, no possibility of imposing
the death penalty on the person sought.”120
c.
Third diplomatic note: notes of December 10 and 11, 2009
Decision of March 12, 2013, of the Constitutional Court (evidence file, folio 377).
118
This explanation was presented by the Consul of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Peru to the President of
the Commission for Extraditions and Prisoner Transfers (evidence file, folio 1615).
119
Brief of the General Directorate No. 24 of the Ministry of Public Security of February 2, 2009 (evidence file, folios 67, 68
and 1617).
120
Brief No. 135/2009 of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Peru
addressed to the President of the Supreme Court of Justice of August 25, 2009 (evidence file, folio 2417).