ORDER OF THE
THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF MARCH 4, 2011
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
WITH REGARD TO THE REPUBLIC OF PERU
CASE OF WONG HO WING
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The order of the acting President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights1
(hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) of March 24, 2010, and the
orders of the Court of May 28 and November 26, 2010, in which it was decided, inter
alia, to require the Republic of Peru (hereinafter “the State” or “Peru”) to abstain from
extraditing Wong Ho Wing. In the last order the Court decided:
1.
To convene the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Republic of
Peru and the legal representative of the beneficiary, to a public hearing to be held at the
seat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during its next regular session, from
February 21 to March 5, 2011, in order to receive the arguments of the parties on the
request to extend the provisional measures, in accordance with the sixth considering
paragraph of the […] order. In due course, the Secretariat will advise the parties of the
date and time of the public hearing.
2.
To maintain the […] provisional measures in force until March 31, 2011, in order
to permit the public hearing requested by the State to be held.
3.
To require the State, in accordance with the provisions of the […] order, to
abstain from extraditing Wong Ho Wing until March 31, 2011, in the terms of the order of
May 28, 2010.
[…]
2.
The brief of January 12, 2011, in which the representative of the beneficiary
(hereinafter “the representative”) requested a copy of the request for a public hearing
submitted by the State.
3.
The note of the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court (hereinafter “the
Secretariat”) of January 13, 2011, in which, on the instructions of the acting President,
it again forwarded the representative the briefs of November 22, 2010, of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission”
or “the Commission”) and of the State, together with a copy of the order of November
26, 2011.
1
Judge Diego García-Sayán, a Peruvian national, recused himself from hearing this matter, in
keeping with Articles 19 of the Statute and 21 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, and this was accepted by
the Court. Consequently, Judge García-Sayán ceded the Presidency to the Vice President of the Court, Judge
Leonardo A. Franco, acting President for this matter, under Article 4(2) of the Rules of Procedure.