Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Case of Ivcher-Bronstein v. Peru
Judgment of February 6, 2001
(Merits, Reparations and Costs)
In the Ivcher Bronstein case,
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter
American Court”) composed of the following judges:
“the Court” or “the Inter-
Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, President
Máximo Pacheco Gómez, Vice President
Hernán Salgado Pesantes, Judge
Oliver Jackman, Judge
Alirio Abreu Burelli, Judge
Sergio García Ramírez, Judge and
Carlos Vicente de Roux Rengifo, Judge;
also present,
Manuel E. Ventura Robles, Secretary and
Renzo Pomi, Deputy Secretary,
pursuant to Articles 29 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure (hereinafter “the Rules of
Procedure”), delivers the following judgment:
I
INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE
1.
On March 31, 1999, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 50 and 51 of
the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention”
or “the Convention”), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter
“the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) submitted an application to
the Court against the Republic of Peru (hereinafter “the State” or “Peru”), arising
from petition No. 11,762, received by the Secretariat of the Commission on June 9,
1997.
2.
The Commission submitted this application for the Court to decide whether
the State had violated Articles 8 (Right to a Fair Trial), 13 (Freedom of Thought and
Expression), 20 (Right to Nationality), 21 (Right to Property) and 25 (Judicial
Protection), all of them in relation to Article 1(1) (Obligation to Respect Rights) of
the Convention, with regard to Baruch Ivcher Bronstein (hereinafter “Mr. Ivcher” or
“Mr. Ivcher Bronstein”),