RESOLUTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF DECEMBER 14, 1992
PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED
BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
IN THE MATTER OF PERÚ
PERUVIAN PRISONS CASE
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The communication of November 25, 1992 and its annexes, by which the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "the
Inter-American Commission") submits to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(hereinafter "the Court"), pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on
Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention" or "the American Convention"), and 24
of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter "the Rules"), a request for
provisional measures in Cases 11.015 and 11.048 which are before the Commission
regarding the grave situation of the Peruvian prisons of Miguel Castro Castro and
Santa Mónica in Lima, Cristo Rey in Ica and Yanamayo in Puno.
2.
The Commission's communication which asks the Court to require the
Government of Perú (hereinafter "the Government") to take the following provisional
measures:
1.
That the Government of Peru authorize the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights to carry out an inspection of the prisons mentioned above.
2.
That the Government of Peru authorize the Inter-American Commission on
Human Righs to conduct private interviews with the persons deprived of their liberty in
those prisons.
3.
That the Government of Peru authorize relatives to provide clothing, food, the
means of hygiene and medicine to the persons deprived of their liberty in those prisons.
4.
That the Government of Peru authorize the provision of adequate medical
attention by independent institutions who can report on the sanitary conditions of the
prisoners.
3.
The request of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is based
upon Articles 5(2) and 48(1)(d) of the American Convention which provide:
Article 5. Right to Humane Treatment
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