Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Case of Genie-Lacayo v. Nicaragua
Order of the Court of September 13, 1997
(Application for Judicial Review of the Judgment of Merits, Reparations and Costs)
In the Genie Lacayo Case,
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court" or "the Inter-American
Court"), composed of the following judges:
Hernán Salgado-Pesantes, President;
Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, Vice President;
Héctor Fix-Zamudio, Judge;
Alejandro Montiel-Argüello, Judge
Máximo Pacheco-Gómez, Judge;
Oliver Jackman, Judge, and
Alirio Abreu-Burelli, Judge;
also present:
Manuel E, Ventura-Robles, Secretary, and
Víctor M. Rodríguez-Rescia, Interim Deputy Secretary
pursuant to Article 29(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter "the Rules of
Procedure") issues the following Order concerning the request for revision of the Judgment
of January 29, 1997, in the Genie Lacayo case, submitted by the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "the Inter-American
Commission") on April 30, 1997, in a brief in which it endorsed a communication from Mr.
Raymond Genie-Peñalba, the youth Jean Paul Genie-Lacayo's father, and the Permanent