ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF APRIL 7, 2000
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CASE
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The communication of April 3, 2000, and its annexes, in which Delia
Revoredo Marsano de Mur (hereinafter “Mrs. Revoredo”) submitted to the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American
Court”) a request for provisional measures for her husband, Jaime Mur Campoverde,
and herself, in connection with the Constitutional Tribunal case before the Court
against Peru (hereinafter “Peru” or “the State”), pursuant to Article 63.2 of the
American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the
American Convention”) and Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court
(hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”). In this communication, Mrs. Revoredo
requests the Court
a.
That while the proceeding on the restitution of the Magistrates of the
Constitutional Tribunal is being heard, the Peruvian State shall abstain from harassing
[her] directly or harassing [her] husband, by exercising the control and manipulation of
judges and tribunals.
b.
That, specifically, the judicial proceedings filed against [her] before the
Fifteenth Court specializing in the crimes included in Administrative Resolution No. 744CME-PJ - File. No. 1607-2000, for the alleged crimes of misappropriation, fraud and
crime against the authority to attest documents, shall be suspended until the action for
restitution to [her] function of Constitutional Magistrate shall have been decided.
c.
That, the spouses Delia Revoredo de Mur and Jaime Mur Campoverde shall be
guaranteed their right to the judicial protection of their proprietary interests, allowing
their company Corporación de Productos Alimenticios Nacionales PYC S.A. the legal
recourse of contesting in court an adverse decision of an arbitrator.
2.
Mrs. Revoredo based her request for provisional measures on the following
considerations:
a.
That during the proceeding in which she participated as a member of
the Constitutional Tribunal of her country, where the action on the
unconstitutionality of a law “interpreting” the Constitution of the State, which
allowed the actual President of Peru to be a candidate to a third consecutive
presidential mandate, was examined, three of the seven magistrates present,
who maintained the unconstitutionality of this “interpretative law”, were
dismissed and suffered “all kinds of pressure: offers, threats, harassment”.
b.
That, as far as she is concerned, she may not be tried or condemned,
due to her constitutional immunity; therefore, the attacks were focused on
her husband, and a proceeding that had been filed for the alleged contraband
of a vehicle was reopened. During this period, she and her husband suffered