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15. On May 6, 1993, the complaint concerning the detention of María Elena LoayzaTamayo was received by the Inter-American Commission, which forwarded it to the
Government six days later.
On August 23, 1993, the Commission received the
Government's reply together with the documentation on the case and the information that
the Prosecutor's Office had instituted proceedings against María Elena Loayza-Tamayo in the
special military court system under Decree Law No. 25.659.
16. On July 13, 1994, in response to a request from the Commission on November 17,
1993, the Government declared the existence of “file No. 41-93 before the Fortieth Criminal
Court of Lima against [María Elena Loayza-Tamayo] for the crime of terrorism, and [that]
the file had been sent to the President of the Superior Court of Lima ... for the oral
proceedings to be initiated.”
17. On September 16, 1994, the parties attended a hearing held at the seat of the
Commission.
18. On September 26, 1994, the Commission approved Report 20/94, in the resolutory
part of which it was decided:
1.
To declare that the Peruvian State is responsible for the violation, against María Elena
Loayza, of the rights to personal liberty, humane treatment and judicial protection enshrined in
Articles 7, 5 and 25 respectively of the American Convention on Human Rights.
2.
To recommend to the Peruvian State that, in consideration of the analysis of the
events and of the right invoked by the Commission, it immediately release María Elena LoayzaTamayo once it receives notification of this Report.
3.
To recommend to the Peruvian State that it pay compensation to the plaintiff in the
instant case, for the damage caused as a result of her unlawful deprivation of liberty from February
6, 1993 until such time as it orders her release.
4.
To inform the Government of Peru that it is not at liberty to publish this Report.
5.
To request that the Government of Peru inform the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights, within thirty days, of any measures it has taken in the instant case, in accordance
with the recommendations contained in paragraphs 2 and 3 above.
19. On October 13, 1994, Report 20/94 was transmitted to Peru by the Commission. In
response, the Government deemed that it could accept neither the analysis nor the
conclusions and recommendations and attached a brief prepared by a Task Force composed
of government officials, stating that:
[d]omestic remedies have not been exhausted inasmuch as María Elena Loayza-Tamayo's legal
situation should be defined at the end of the judicial proceeding for the CRIME OF TERRORISM in the
common court system [and that] the recommendations made by IACHR [Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights] in the instant case would involve deciding on a case still pending in the Peruvian
justice administration. This is not possible, since, under Peru's Political Constitution in force, no
authority could arrogate that power. It is for the Judicial Branch to rule on Maria Elena LoayzaTamayo's legal situation through the proper criminal process.
20. On January 12, 1995, the Commission, not having reached agreement with the
Government, submitted this case for the consideration and decision of the Court.
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