65
Center exceeded its maximum by another 50%.65 The State acknowledged the
situation on a number of occasions, and also admitted to the general structural flaws
in the system for treatment of juveniles in conflict with the law in Paraguay.66
134.5
The inmates at the Center were confined in unsanitary cells with few
hygienic facilities.67
134.6
The inmates were ill-fed and lacked proper medical, psychological and
dental care.68
supplied to the Inter-American Commission by note of January 16, 2001 (file of appendixes to the
application, appendix 19, folio 276).
65
Cf. Report of July 21, 1999, prepared by the Office of the Director General of Penal Institutions
in Paraguay, concerning penal institutions in Paraguay (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 1-A,
folio 11); excerpt from the book titled “Casas de Violencia. Situación carcelaria en el Paraguay,” by Jorge
Rolón Luna (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, and comments on the brief of
pleadings and motions, appendix 41, volume IV, folio 1589); Report of the Coordinator of Human Rights of
Paraguay (CODEHUPY), “Human Rights in Paraguay, 1996” (file of appendixes to the application, appendix
55, folio 645); Report of July 21, 1999, prepared by the Office of the Director General of Penal Institutions
in Paraguay, concerning penal institutions in Paraguay (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 1-A,
folios 4, 11, 13 and 14); Amnesty International article titled: “Panchito López Juvenile Detention Centre:
An opportunity for the Government of Paraguay to meet its promises” AI Index: AMR 45/004/2001, April
2001 (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 21, folio 329); testimony given by Mr. Michael Sean
O’Loingsigh, before the Office of the Chief Government Notary of the Republic of Paraguay, March 23,
2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged
victims’ representatives, appendix for the State, folio 43); note dated June 18, 2001, from Father Michael
Sean O'Loingsigh, Deputy Director of the ‘Panchito López’ Center, to Mr. Eustacio Rodríguez Benitez,
Director of the Center (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 23, folio 395).
66
Cf. The State’s April 26, 2002 note to the Inter-American Commission (file of appendixes to the
application, appendix 4, folio 123); record of the November 15, 2000 meeting, which the Permanent
Mission of Paraguay to the Organization of American States supplied to the Inter-American Commission by
note of January 16, 2001 (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 19, folio 276); document titled “
‘Col. Panchito López’ Juvenile Correctional Facility, 1998 Report” (file of appendixes to the brief of
preliminary objections, answer to the application and comments on the pleadings and motions, appendix
13, volume I, folio 293).
67
Cf. Affidavit of young Francisco Ramón Adorno, given in the presence of a person with legal
authority to authenticate documents on March 26, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State,
the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, Commission appendix, folio
179).
68
Cf. Report of July 21, 1999, prepared by the Office of the Director General of Penal Institutions in
Paraguay, concerning penal institutions in Paraguay (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 1-A,
folios 12, 14 and 18); affidavit given by young Clemente Luis Escobar González in the presence of a
person with legal authority to authenticate documents, on March 30, 2004 (file of written statements
supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives,
representatives’ appendix, folio 236); affidavit of young Francisco Ramón Adorno, given in the presence of
a person with legal authority to authenticate documents, on March 26, 2004 (file of written statements
supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives,
Commission appendix, folios 180-181); Amnesty International publication titled “Panchito López Juvenile
Detention Centre: An opportunity for the Government of Paraguay to meet its promises” AI Index: AMR
45/004/2001 (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 21, folio 328); document titled “‘Col.
Panchito López’ Juvenile Correctional Facility, 1998 Report” (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary
objections, answer to the application and comments on the pleadings and motions, appendix 13, volume I,
folio 285); excerpt from the book titled “Casas de Violencia. Situación carcelaria en el Paraguay,” by Jorge
Rolón Luna (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, and comments on the brief of
pleadings and motions, appendix 41, volume IV, folios 1594-1595); February 16, 2001 memorandum
from the Director General of Human Rights to the Deputy Minister of Justice (file of appendixes to the
written brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 18, volume I, folio 95); April 12, 1994 report by
psychiatric experts Dr. Carlos Alberto Arestivo, Lic. Genaro Rivera Hunter and Lic. Mario Torres, which is in
the file of the petition of generic habeas corpus filed with the Civil and Commercial Law Court of First
Instance, Ninth Rotation, on behalf of the juveniles in the ‘Col. Panchito López’ Juvenile Reeducation
Institute (file of appendixes to the written brief of pleadings and motions, appendix 1D, volume II, folios
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