OEA/Ser.L/V/II.118

Doc. 5 rev. 2

29 December 2003

Original: Spanish

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS 2003

CHAPTER II LEGAL BASES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE IACHR DURING 2003

A. Legal bases, functions and powers

B. The Commission’s sessions in 2003

1. 117º regular session (Washington D.C.)

2. 118º regular session (Washington D.C.)

C.      On-site visits

D.      Special visits and other activities

E.      Activities of the IACHR in connection with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

F.      Thirty-third regular session of the OAS General Assembly

CHAPTER III THE PETITION AND CASE SYSTEM

A.      Introduction

B.       Statistics

C.      Petitions and cases before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

1.      Precautionary measures granted or extended by the Commission
         during 2003

2.       Petitions declared admissible

	Report Nº 2/03 José Eduardo Acurso Petition 11.306 (Argentina)
	Report Nº 1/03 Jorge Omar Gutiérrez Petition 12.221 (Argentina)
	Report Nº 3/03 Carlos Saúl Menem (son) Petition 12.257 (Argentina)
	Report Nº 51/03 Christian Daniel Domínguez Domenichetti Petition 11.819 (Agentina)
	Report Nº 72/03 Gabriel Egisto Santillán Petition 12.159 (Argentina)
	Report Nº 4/03 El Dorado Dos Carajás Petition 11.820 (Brazil)
	Report Nº 73/03 Aristeu Guida Da Silva Petition 12.213 (Brazil)
	Report Nº 74/03 Grand Chief Michael Mitchell Petition 790/01 (Canada)
	Report Nº 31/03 Mario Alberto Jara Oñate et. al. Petition 12.195 (Chile)
	Report Nº 32/03 Gilda Rosario Pizarro Jiménez et. al. Petition 12.281 (Chile)
	Report Nº 57/03 Marcela Andrea Valdés Díaz Petition 12.337 (Chile)
	Report Nº 58/03 Víctor Améstica Moreno et. al. Petition 12.233 (Chile)
	Report Nº 59/03 Sonia Arce Esparza Petition 071/01 (Chile)
	Report Nº 60/03 Claude Reyes, Sebastián Cox Urrejola and Arturo Longton Guerrero Petition 12.108 Marcel (Chile)
	Report Nº 25/03 Santo Domingo Petition 289/2002 (Colombia)
	Report Nº 5/03 Jesús María Valle Jaramillo Petition 519/2001 (Colombia)
	Report Nº 6/03 Alcides Torres Arias Petition 597/2000 (Colombia)
	Report Nº 75/03 José Milton Cañas et. al. Petition 042/02 (Colombia)
	Report Nº 76/03 María Salvador Chiriboga and Guillermo Salvador Chiriboga Petition 12.054 (Ecuador)
	Report Nº 77/03 Juan Carlos Chaparro Alvarez and Freddy Hernán Lapo Iñiguez Petitions 12.091 and 172/99 (Ecuador)
	Report Nº 78/03 Former Employees of the Judiciary Petition 0453/00 (Guatemala)
	Report Nº 79/03Guy André François Petition 139/02 (Haiti)
	Report Nº 8/03 Michael Gayle Petition 191/2002 (Jamaica)
	Report Nº 72/03 Whitley Myrie Petition 729/2001 (Jamaica)
	Report Nº 9/03 María Estela García Ramírez and Celerino Jiménez Almaraz Petition 12.116 (Mexico)
	Report Nº 10/03 Tomás de Jesús Barranco Petition 12.185 (Mexico)
	Report Nº 80/03 Cruz Ávila Mondragón Petition.12.287 (Mexico)
	Report Nº 81/03 Juan García Cruz and Santiago Sánchez Silvestre Petition 12.288 (Mexico)
	Report Nº 12/03 Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community Petition 322/2001 (Paraguay)
	Report Nº 11/03 Xakmok Kásek Indigenous Community Petition 326/01 (Paraguay)
	Report Nº 82/03 Marcelino Gómes Paredes and Cristian Ariel Núñez Petition 12.330 (Paraguay)
	Report Nº 83/03 Octavio Rubén González Acosta Petition 12.358 (Paraguay)
	Report Nº 84/03 Carlos A. Mojoli Vargas Petition 379/01 (Paraguay)
	Report Nº 14/03 Roger Herminio Salas Gamboa Petition 185/2002 (Peru)
	Report Nº 13/03 José Rosadío Villavicencio Petition 12.031 (Peru)
	Report Nº 85/03 Monsi Lilia Velarde Retamozo Petition 12.165 (Peru)
	Report Nº 39/03 Abu-Ali Abdur’ Rahman Petition 136/2002 (United States)
	Report Nº 61/03 Roberto Moreno Ramos Petition 4446/02 (United States)

3. Petitions declared inadmissible

	Report Nº 86/03 Oscar Cedeño Gonzáles Petition 116/01 (Costa Rica)
	Report Nº 15/03 Janet Delgado et. al. Petition 131/2001 (Ecuador)
	Report Nº 16/03 Edison Rodrigo Toledo Echeverría Petition 346/01 (Ecuador)
	Report Nº 87/03 Oscar Sirí Zúñiga Petition 12.006 (Honduras)
	Report Nº 17/03 María Estela Acosta Hernández et. al Petition 11.823 (Mexico)
	Report Nº 88/03 Metropolitan Nature Reserve Petition 11.533 (Panama)
	Report Nº 89/03 Mariblanca Staff Wilson y Oscar E. Ceville Petition 12.303 (Panama)
	Report Nº 90/03 Gustavo Trujillo Gonzáles Petition 0581/99 (Peru)
	Report Nº 62/03 Kenneth Walker Petition 12.049 (United States)
	Report Nº 92/03 Elías Santana et. al. Petition 0453/01 (Venezuela)

5. Compliance agreement

Report Nº 19/03 Carmelo Soria Espinoza

Case 11.725 (Chile)

6. Friendly settlements

	Report Nº 91/03 Juan Ángel Greco Petition 11.804 (Argentina)
	Report Nº 95/03 José Pereira Petition 11.289 (Brazil)
	Report Nº 63/03 Bolívar Franco Camacho Arboleda Petition 11.515 (Ecuador)
	Report Nº 64/03 Joffre José Valencia Mero et. al. Petition 12.188 (Ecuador)
	Report Nº 65/03 Joaquín Hernández Alvarado et. al. Petition 12.394 (Ecuador)
	Report Nº 66/03 Emilio Tec Pop Petition 11.312 (Guatemala)
	Report Nº 67/03 Irma Falquer Petition 11.766 (Guatemala)
	Report Nº 68/03 Community of San Vicente Los Cimientos Petition 11.197 (Guatemala)
	Report Nº 69/03 José Alberto Guadarrama García Petition 11.807 (Mexico)
	Report Nº 70/03Augusto Alejandro Zúñiga Paz Petition 11.149 (Peru)
	Report Nº 71/03 María Mamérita Mestanza Chávez Petition 12.191 (Peru)

7. Reports on the merits

	Report Nº 40/03 Parque São Lucas Case 10.301 (Brazil)
	Report Nº 97/03 Gary T. Graham (now known as Shaka Sankofa Case 11.193 (United States)
	Report Nº 98/03 Statehood Solidarity Committee Case N°11.204 (United States)
	Report Nº 99/03 César Fierro Case 11.331 (United States)
	Report Nº 100/03 Douglas Christopher Thomas Case 12.240 (United States)
	Report Nº 101/03 Napoleon Beazley Case 12.412 (United States)

D.      Status of compliance with the recommendations of the IACHR

E.       Petitions and cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

1.       Provisional measures

2.       Contentious cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

3.       Advisory Opinions