Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
of November 17, 2004
Case of Juan Humberto Sánchez v. Honduras
(Monitoring Compliance with Judgment)
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Judgment on Preliminary Objections, Merits and Reparations that the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the InterAmerican Court”) delivered on June 7, 2003, wherein it decided:
1.
To dismiss the preliminary objection filed by the State.
AND DECLARED THAT:
2.
the State violated the right to personal liberty protected by Article 7(1), Article
7(2), Article 7(3), Article 7(4), Article 7(5), Article 7(6) and the latter in combination
with Article 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights, to the detriment of Juan
Humberto Sánchez, and the right to personal liberty protected by Article 7 of the
American Convention on Human Rights to the detriment of Juan José Vijil Hernández.
3.
the State violated the right to humane treatment embodied in Article 5 of the
American Convention on Human Rights, to the detriment of Juan Humberto Sánchez,
María Dominga Sánchez, Juan José Vijil Hernández, Reina Isabel Sánchez, María Milagro
Sánchez, Rosa Delia Sánchez, Domitila Vijil Sánchez, María Florinda Vijil Sánchez, Juan
Carlos Vijil Sánchez, Celio Vijil Sánchez, Julio Sánchez, Donatila Argueta Sánchez, Breidy
Maybeli Sánchez Argueta, Velvia Lastenia Argueta Pereira and Norma Iveth Sánchez
Argueta.
4.
the State violated the right to life enshrined in Article 4(1) of the American
Convention on Human Rights, to the detriment of Juan Humberto Sánchez.
5.
the State violated the rights to fair trial and to judicial protection protected by
Articles 8 and 25, respectively, of the American Convention on Human Rights, to the
detriment of Juan Humberto Sánchez and of his next of kin María Dominga Sánchez,
Juan José Vijil Hernández, Reina Isabel Sánchez, María Milagro Sánchez, Rosa Delia
Sánchez, Domitila Vijil Sánchez, María Florinda Vijil Sánchez, Juan Carlos Vijil Sánchez,
Celio Vijil Sánchez, Julio Sánchez, Donatila Argueta Sánchez, Breidy Maybeli Sánchez
Argueta, Velvia Lastenia Argueta Pereira and Norma Iveth Sánchez Argueta.
6.
the State did not fulfill its obligation to respect rights, set forth in Article 1(1) in
combination with Articles 4, 5, 7, 8 and 25 of the American Convention on Human
Rights, to the detriment of Juan Humberto Sánchez. The State also failed to fulfill its
obligation to respect rights, embodied in Article 1(1) in combination with Articles 5, 7, 8
and 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights to the detriment of Juan José Vijil
Hernández; and the State did not fulfill its obligation to respect rights, enshrined in
Article 1(1) in combination with Articles 5, 8 and 25 of the American Convention on
Human Rights to the detriment of María Dominga Sánchez, Reina Isabel Sánchez, María
Milagro Sánchez, Rosa Delia Sánchez, Domitila Vijil Sánchez, María Florinda Vijil
Sánchez, Julio Sánchez, Juan Carlos Vijil Sánchez, Celio Vijil Sánchez, Donatila Argueta
Sánchez, Breidy Maybeli Sánchez Argueta, Velvia Lastenia Argueta Pereira and Norma
Iveth Sánchez Argueta.
7.
the [...] Judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation to the victims in
accordance with the explanation in paragraph 172 of the […] Judgment.
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