Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of Fairén-Garbi and Solís-Corrales v. Honduras Judgment of March 15, 1989 (Merits) In the Fairén Garbi and Solís Corrales case, The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, composed of the following judges: Rafael Nieto-Navia, President Héctor Gros-Espiell, Vice-President Rodolfo E. Piza E., Judge Thomas Buergenthal, Judge Pedro Nikken, Judge Héctor Fix-Zamudio, Judge Rigoberto Espinal-Irías, Judge ad hoc Also present: Charles Moyer, Secretary Manuel Ventura, Deputy Secretary delivers the following judgment pursuant to Article 44 (1) of its Rules of Procedure (hereinafter "the Rules of Procedure") in the instant case submitted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the State of Honduras. 1. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission") submitted the instant case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court") on April 24, 1986. It originated in a petition (No. 7951) against the State of Honduras (hereinafter "Honduras" or "the Government"), which the Secretariat of the Commission received on January 14, 1982. 2. In submitting the case, the Commission invoked Articles 50 and 51 of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention" or "the American Convention") and requested that the Court determine whether the State in question had violated Articles 4 (Right to Life), 5 (Right to Humane Treatment) and 7 (Right to Personal Liberty) of the Convention in the case of Francisco Fairén Garbi y Yolanda Solís Corrales. In addition, the Commission asked the Court to rule that "the consequences of the situation that constituted the breach of such right or freedom be remedied and that fair compensation be paid to the injured party or parties." 3. The petition filed with the Commission alleges that Costa Rican citizens, Francisco Fairén Garbi, a student and public employee, and Yolanda Solís Corrales, a teacher, disappeared in Honduras on December 11, 1981, as they were traveling through that country to México. Honduran officials denied they entered Honduras. Nevertheless, the Government of Nicaragua certified they had left Nicaragua for Honduras at the Las Manos border post, on December 11,