ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ∗
OF AUGUST 22, 2013
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
WITH REGARD TO THE REPUBLIC OF PERU
MATTER OF WONG HO WING
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the acting President for this matter (hereinafter “the acting President”)
of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court,” “the
Court” or “this Court”) of March 24, 2010, as well as the Orders of this Court of May 28 and
November 26, 2010, and March 4 and July 1, 2011, whereby they decided, inter alia, to
require the Republic of Peru (hereinafter also “the State” or “Peru”) to abstain from
extraditing Wong Ho Wing.
2.
The Order of the Court of October 10, 2011, in which it decided to lift the provisional
measures that had been ordered.
3.
The Order of the Court of April 27, 2012, in which it required the State to forward
certain information, which was sent by Peru on May 25, 2012, and assessed by the Court in
its Order of June 26, 2012, infra.
4.
The Order of the Court of June 26, 2012, in which it required the State to “abstain
from extraditing Wong Ho Wing until December 14, 2012, in order to allow the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to examine and rule on case No. 12,794.”
5.
The Order of the acting President of December 6, 2012, as well as the Orders of the
Court of February 13 and May 22, 2013. In the latter, the Court decided:
1. To require the State, as decided in this Order, to abstain from extraditing Wong Ho Wing, until
August 30, 2013, to allow the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to examine and rule on
case No. 12,794.
2. To require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to keep the Court informed
regarding the status of case No. 12,794 before this organ and, to this end, it is required to present
a report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by July 31, 2013, at the latest, taking into
account the indications contained in considering paragraphs 21 and 22 of th[e] Order.
3. To ask the State to present any observations it considers pertinent on the report requested
from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the preceding operative paragraph within
one week of receiving it.
6.
The brief of May 30, 2013, and its annexes, in which the State presented information
concerning these provisional measures.
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Judge Diego García-Sayán, a Peruvian national, did not take part in the examination and deliberation of
this Order, pursuant to the provisions of Articles 19 of the Court’s Statute and 19(1) of its Rules of Procedure.
Consequently, in accordance with Articles 4(2) and 5 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, Judge Manuel Ventura
Robles, Vice President of the Court, became acting President for this matter.