2
Table of contents
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE AND THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY….3
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT……5
JURISDICTION……6
PARTIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY…..6
A. Scope of the acknowledgment……7
B. Alleged victims in the present case….10
EVIDENCE……10
A. Documentary, testimonial and expert evidence……11
B. Admission of documentary evidence……..12
C. Admission of testimonial and expert evidence…..12
MERITS…….12
VI.1
THE RIGHT TO JURIDICAL PERSONALITY, TO LIFE, TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY
AND TO PERSONAL LIBERTY OF MARÍA CLAUDIA GARCÍA IRURETAGOYENA DE GELMAN, IN
RELATION TO THE OBLIGATION TO RESPECT AND GUARANTEE RIGHTS (AMERICAN
CONVENTION AND CONVENTION ON FORCED DISAPPEARANCE)…….12
A. Arguments and claims of the parties…..13
B. The military dictatorship and the Operation Condor, context in which the facts that occurred to
Maria Claudia Gelman occurred….15
C.
Enforced disappearance as a multiple and continuing human rights violation and the
duties to respect and guarantee…..23
D.
The enforced disappearance of María Claudia García Iruretagoyena de Gelman….27
D1. Facts….27
D2. Legal classification….30
VI.2
RIGHT TO JURIDICAL PERSONALITY, RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, PROTECTION OF
THE FAMILY, RIGHT TO A NAME, RIGHT TO NATIONALITY, TO HUMANE TREATMENT [PERSONAL
INTEGRITY], AND TO RIGHT TO PRIVACY [HONOR AND DIGNITY], OF MARÍA MACARENA
GELMAN GARCÍA IRURETAGOYENA AND OF JUAN GELMAN, AND THE OBLIGATION TO RESPECT
RIGHTS….32
A.
Arguments and claims of the parties…..33
B.
Facts regarding the situation of María Macarena Gelman García…..35
C.
The abduction and suppression of the identity of the girl as a form of enforced
disappearance (violation of Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, 17, 18, 19, and 20 of the American
Convention)…..36
D.
Violations of the rights to personal integrity and to family, in prejudice of Mr. Juan
Gelman…….42
E.
Conclusion…..43
VI.3
RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL (JUDICIAL GUARANTEES) AND JUDICIAL PROTECTION
IN RELATION WITH THE OBLIGATION TO RESPECT RIGHTS, THE DUTY TO ADOPT DOMESTIC
LEGAL EFFECTS, AND OBLIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION AND
THE INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON FORCED DISAPPEARANCES OF PERSONS
…..43
A.
Arguments and claims of the parties…..43
B.
Regarding the investigation carried out by the State….47
B1.
Actions concerning the Expiry Law…..47
B2.
Actions of the Executive Branch….49
B3.
Actions of the Judicial Branch……53
C.
The obligation to investigate in the jurisprudence of this Court….57
D.
Amnesty Laws in the opinion of other international bodies….59
E.
Amnesty laws and Domestic Jurisprudence in tribunals of States Parties to the
Convention…..64
F.
Amnesty laws and the Jurisprudence of this Court….68
G.
The investigation of the facts and the Uruguayan Expiry Law…..69
H.
Conclusion….73
VII.
REPARATIONS…..74
A.
Injured party…..74