I. ORIGIN, STRUCTURE AND COMPETENCE OF THE COURT = 1
A. ESTABLISHMENT 1
B. ORGANIZATION 1
C. COMPOSITION 2
D. JURISDICTION 3
1. Contentious function 3
2. Advisory function 4
3. Provisional measures 5
E. BUDGET 5
F. RELATIONS WITH SIMILAR REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 5
II. JURISDICTIONAL AND ADVISORY ACTIVITIES OF THE COURT = 6
A. Sixty-second regular session of the Court = 6
1. The case of the 19 Tradesmen (Colombia) 6
2. The Plan de Sanchez Massacre case (Guatemala) 6
3. Molina Theissen case (Guatemala) 7
4. Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd case (Mexico) 8
5. Ricardo Canese case (Paraguay) 8
6. Herrera Ulloa case (Costa Rica) 8
7. The “Minors’ Rehabilitation Institute” case (Paraguay) 8
8. Gomez Paquiyauri case (Peru) 8
9. Lori Berenson Mejia case (Peru) 8
10. Pilar Noriega et al. case (Mexico) 8
11. The Urso Branco Prison case (Brazil) 9
12. Casos Liliana Ortega et al., Luisiana Rios et al., Luis Uzcategui and Marta Colomina and Liliana Velasquez cases (Venezuela) 9
13. Other matters 9
B. Sixty-third regular session of the Court = 10
1. The Urso Branco Prison case (Brazil) 10
2. De La Cruz Flores case (Peru) 10
3. Carpio Nicolle et al. case (Guatemala) 10
4. Tibi case (Ecuador) 11
5. Herrera Ulloa case (Costa Rica) 11
6. Molina Theissen case (Guatemala) 11
7. The case of the 19 Tradesmen (Colombia) 12
8. Gomez Paquiyauri case (Peru) 12
9. The Kankuamo Indigenous People case (Colombia) 13
10. The Sarayaku Indigenous People case (Ecuador) 13
11. The El Nacional and Asi es la Noticia Newspapers case (Venezuela) 13
12. Carlos Nieto et al. case (Venezuela) 13
C. Sixty-fourth regular session of the Court = 13
1. The Serrano Curz Sisters case (El Salvador) 14
2. The Moiwana Community case (Surinam) 14
3. Ricardo Canese case (Paraguay) 14
4. The “Minors’ Rehabilitation Institute” case (Paraguay) 14
5. Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd case (Mexico) 15
6. Tibi case (Ecuador) 15
7. Raxcaco et al. case (Guatemala) 16
8. The case of the 19 Tradesmen (Sandra Belinda Montero Fuentes et al.) (Colombia) 16
9. The Globovision Television Station case
10. Luisiana Rios et al. case (Radio Caracas Television .RCTV-) (Venezuela) 16
11. The Plan de Sanchez Massacre case (Salvador Jeronimo et al.) (Guatemala) 16
12. Other matters 17
D. Sixty-fifth regular session of the Court = 17
1. Caesar case (Trinidad y Tobago) 17
2. De La Cruz Flores case (Peru) 17
3. The Plan de Sanchez Massacre case (Guatemala) 18
4. Carpio Nicolle et al. case (Guatemala) 18
5. The Serrano Cruz Sisters case (El Salvador) 19
6. Lori Berenson Mejia case (Peru) 20
7. The case of the Communities of the Jiguamiando and of the Curbarado (Colombia) 20
8. The case of the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado (Colombia) 20
9. The Mendoza Prisons case (Argentina) 21
10. Eloisa Barrios et al. case (Venezuela) 21
11. Acevedo Jaramillo et al. case (Peru) 21
12. Boyce and Joseph case (Barbados) 21
13. Orders on compliance with judgment 21
14. Other matters 21
E. Monitoring of compliance with judgments and of implementation of provisional measures = 25
A. Contentious cases 25
B. Provisional measures 25
F. Submission of new contentious cases = 26
1. Huilca Tecse vs. Peru 26
2. “Pueblo Bello” vs. Colombia 26
3. Gutierrez Soler vs. Colombia 27
4. Palamara Iribarne vs. Chile 27
5. Garcia Asto and Ramirez Rojas vs. Peru 28
6. Blanco Romero et al. vs. Venezuela 28
7. Ituango vs. Colombia 29
8. Juarez Cruzzat et al. vs. Peru 30
9. Fermin Ramirez vs. Guatemala 30
10. Gomez Palomino vs. Peru 31
11. Raxcaco Reyes vs. Guatemala 31
12. Ximenes Lopes vs. Brazil 32
G. New provisional measures = 32
1. Provisional measures in the Gomez Paquiyauri case (Peru) 32
2. Provisional measures in the Kankuamo Indigenous People case (Colombia) 32
3. Provisional measures in the Sarayaku Indigenous People case (Ecuador) 33
4. Provisional measures in the case of the El Nacional and Asi es la NoticiaNewspapers (Venezuela) 33
5. Provisional measures in the Carlos Nieto Palma et al. case (Venezuela) 33
6. Provisional measures in the case of the 19 Tradesmen (Sandra Belinda Montero Fuentes et al.) (Colombia) 34
7. Provisional measures in the Globovision Television Station case (Venezuela) 34
8. Provisional measures in the Plan de Sanchez Massacre (Salvador Jeronimo et al.) case (Guatemala) 35
9. Provisional measures in the Raxcaco et al. case (Guatemala) 35
10. Provisional measures in the Boyce and Joseph case (Barbados) 36
11. Provisional measures in the Eloisa Barrios et al. case (Venezuela) 36
12. Provisional measures in the Mendoza Prisons case (Argentina) 36
13. Urgent measures in the Fermin Ramirez case (Guatemala) 37
H. Submission of new requests for advisory opinions = 37
1. Advisory Opinion OC-19 37
2. Advisory Opinion OC-20 38
3. Advisory Opinion OC-21 38
I. Status of matters pending before the Court = 39
1. Contentious cases 39
2. Provisional measures 44
3. Advisory opinions 45
III. OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE COURT = 50
Presentation of the 2003 Annual Report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 50
Thirty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States 50
Joint meeting with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 54
Meeting with the OAS Commission on Juridical and Political Affairs 54
Other activities 55
IV. INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS = 56
V. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS = 56
International cooperation 57
Adoption of the Court’s budget for 2005 57
VI. STATISTICS OF THE COURT = 60
A. ESTABLISHMENT 1
B. ORGANIZATION 1
C. COMPOSITION 2
D. JURISDICTION 3
1. Contentious function 3
2. Advisory function 4
3. Provisional measures 5
E. BUDGET 5
F. RELATIONS WITH SIMILAR REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 5
II. JURISDICTIONAL AND ADVISORY ACTIVITIES OF THE COURT = 6
A. Sixty-second regular session of the Court = 6
1. The case of the 19 Tradesmen (Colombia) 6
2. The Plan de Sanchez Massacre case (Guatemala) 6
3. Molina Theissen case (Guatemala) 7
4. Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd case (Mexico) 8
5. Ricardo Canese case (Paraguay) 8
6. Herrera Ulloa case (Costa Rica) 8
7. The “Minors’ Rehabilitation Institute” case (Paraguay) 8
8. Gomez Paquiyauri case (Peru) 8
9. Lori Berenson Mejia case (Peru) 8
10. Pilar Noriega et al. case (Mexico) 8
11. The Urso Branco Prison case (Brazil) 9
12. Casos Liliana Ortega et al., Luisiana Rios et al., Luis Uzcategui and Marta Colomina and Liliana Velasquez cases (Venezuela) 9
13. Other matters 9
B. Sixty-third regular session of the Court = 10
1. The Urso Branco Prison case (Brazil) 10
2. De La Cruz Flores case (Peru) 10
3. Carpio Nicolle et al. case (Guatemala) 10
4. Tibi case (Ecuador) 11
5. Herrera Ulloa case (Costa Rica) 11
6. Molina Theissen case (Guatemala) 11
7. The case of the 19 Tradesmen (Colombia) 12
8. Gomez Paquiyauri case (Peru) 12
9. The Kankuamo Indigenous People case (Colombia) 13
10. The Sarayaku Indigenous People case (Ecuador) 13
11. The El Nacional and Asi es la Noticia Newspapers case (Venezuela) 13
12. Carlos Nieto et al. case (Venezuela) 13
C. Sixty-fourth regular session of the Court = 13
1. The Serrano Curz Sisters case (El Salvador) 14
2. The Moiwana Community case (Surinam) 14
3. Ricardo Canese case (Paraguay) 14
4. The “Minors’ Rehabilitation Institute” case (Paraguay) 14
5. Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd case (Mexico) 15
6. Tibi case (Ecuador) 15
7. Raxcaco et al. case (Guatemala) 16
8. The case of the 19 Tradesmen (Sandra Belinda Montero Fuentes et al.) (Colombia) 16
9. The Globovision Television Station case
10. Luisiana Rios et al. case (Radio Caracas Television .RCTV-) (Venezuela) 16
11. The Plan de Sanchez Massacre case (Salvador Jeronimo et al.) (Guatemala) 16
12. Other matters 17
D. Sixty-fifth regular session of the Court = 17
1. Caesar case (Trinidad y Tobago) 17
2. De La Cruz Flores case (Peru) 17
3. The Plan de Sanchez Massacre case (Guatemala) 18
4. Carpio Nicolle et al. case (Guatemala) 18
5. The Serrano Cruz Sisters case (El Salvador) 19
6. Lori Berenson Mejia case (Peru) 20
7. The case of the Communities of the Jiguamiando and of the Curbarado (Colombia) 20
8. The case of the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado (Colombia) 20
9. The Mendoza Prisons case (Argentina) 21
10. Eloisa Barrios et al. case (Venezuela) 21
11. Acevedo Jaramillo et al. case (Peru) 21
12. Boyce and Joseph case (Barbados) 21
13. Orders on compliance with judgment 21
14. Other matters 21
E. Monitoring of compliance with judgments and of implementation of provisional measures = 25
A. Contentious cases 25
B. Provisional measures 25
F. Submission of new contentious cases = 26
1. Huilca Tecse vs. Peru 26
2. “Pueblo Bello” vs. Colombia 26
3. Gutierrez Soler vs. Colombia 27
4. Palamara Iribarne vs. Chile 27
5. Garcia Asto and Ramirez Rojas vs. Peru 28
6. Blanco Romero et al. vs. Venezuela 28
7. Ituango vs. Colombia 29
8. Juarez Cruzzat et al. vs. Peru 30
9. Fermin Ramirez vs. Guatemala 30
10. Gomez Palomino vs. Peru 31
11. Raxcaco Reyes vs. Guatemala 31
12. Ximenes Lopes vs. Brazil 32
G. New provisional measures = 32
1. Provisional measures in the Gomez Paquiyauri case (Peru) 32
2. Provisional measures in the Kankuamo Indigenous People case (Colombia) 32
3. Provisional measures in the Sarayaku Indigenous People case (Ecuador) 33
4. Provisional measures in the case of the El Nacional and Asi es la NoticiaNewspapers (Venezuela) 33
5. Provisional measures in the Carlos Nieto Palma et al. case (Venezuela) 33
6. Provisional measures in the case of the 19 Tradesmen (Sandra Belinda Montero Fuentes et al.) (Colombia) 34
7. Provisional measures in the Globovision Television Station case (Venezuela) 34
8. Provisional measures in the Plan de Sanchez Massacre (Salvador Jeronimo et al.) case (Guatemala) 35
9. Provisional measures in the Raxcaco et al. case (Guatemala) 35
10. Provisional measures in the Boyce and Joseph case (Barbados) 36
11. Provisional measures in the Eloisa Barrios et al. case (Venezuela) 36
12. Provisional measures in the Mendoza Prisons case (Argentina) 36
13. Urgent measures in the Fermin Ramirez case (Guatemala) 37
H. Submission of new requests for advisory opinions = 37
1. Advisory Opinion OC-19 37
2. Advisory Opinion OC-20 38
3. Advisory Opinion OC-21 38
I. Status of matters pending before the Court = 39
1. Contentious cases 39
2. Provisional measures 44
3. Advisory opinions 45
III. OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE COURT = 50
Presentation of the 2003 Annual Report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 50
Thirty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States 50
Joint meeting with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 54
Meeting with the OAS Commission on Juridical and Political Affairs 54
Other activities 55
IV. INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS = 56
V. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS = 56
International cooperation 57
Adoption of the Court’s budget for 2005 57
VI. STATISTICS OF THE COURT = 60