INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OF THE KICHWA INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF SARAYAKU v. ECUADOR JUDGMENT OF JUNE 27, 2012 (Merits and reparations) In the Case of the Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) composed of the following judges: Diego García-Sayán, President Manuel E. Ventura Robles, Vice-President Leonardo A. Franco, Judge Margarette May Macaulay, Judge Rhadys Abreu Blondet, Judge Alberto Pérez Pérez, Judge Eduardo Vio Grossi, Judge; and also present, Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary, and Emilia Segares Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary, pursuant to Articles 62(3) and 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”) and Articles 31, 32, 42, 65 and 67 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court1 (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), delivers this Judgment, which is structured in the following manner: 1 The Rules of Procedure approved by the Court at its eighty-fifth regular session held from November 16 to 28, 2009, which apply to this case in accordance with the provisions of Article 79 of these Rules of Procedure. According to Article 79(2) of the Rules of Procedure: “[i]n cases in which the Commission has adopted a report under Article 50 of the Convention before these Rules of Procedure have come into force, the presentation of the case before the Court will be governed by Articles 33 and 34 of the Rules of Procedure previously in force. Statements shall be received with the aid of the Victim’s Legal Assistance Fund, and the dispositions of these Rules of Procedure shall apply.” Therefore, Articles 33 and 34 of the previous Rules of Procedure approved by the Court at its forty-ninth regular session will apply to the presentation of this case.