ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ∗
OF JANUARY 29, 2014
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF PERÚ
CASE OF WONG HO WING
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the former 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 the Court of
May 28, 2010, November 26, 2010, March 4, 2011, and July 1, 2011, whereby it was
decided, inter alia, that the Republic of Peru (hereinafter also “the State” or “Peru”) was
required to abstain from extraditing Mr. 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 previously ordered.
3.
The Order of the Court of April 27, 2012, by which it required the State to submit
certain information, which was provided 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 Mr. 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, May 22, and August 22, 2013, through which the effect of the present
provisional measures was extended. In the latter, the Court decided:
1. To require the State, as decided in [such] Order, to abstain from extraditing Mr. Wong
Ho Wing, until March 31, 2014.
2. To require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to keep the Court informed
regarding the status of compliance with the recommendations made in case No. 12,794
before that organ and, to this end, it must present a report to the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights by October 15, 2013, at the latest.
3. To require 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 four weeks of receiving it.
∗
Judge Diego García-Sayán, of Peruvian nationality, did not participate in the hearing and deliberation of this Order,
pursuant to that provided in Articles 19(2) of the Statute and 19(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court.