are impossible to verify, since, as that very communication acknowledged, they are covered by the secrecy of the preliminary proceedings. Others are definitely incongruous, as for example in the case of the abduction of witness Sanhueza Medina, with regard to which the only reference made is to his possible participation in acts of violence, or show a mindless lack of understanding of the events, as for example when the Government states that Carmen Gloria Quintana left Chile of “her own free will,” when she left for Canada to undergo specialized treatment for severe burns received. Wherefore: THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, RESOLVES, 1. To declare that the Government of Chile has violated Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri’s right to life and Carmen Gloria Quintana’s right to personal integrity, recognized in Article I of the Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, through acts committed by its agents when they arrested the victims in question, soaked them with fuel and deliberately set the fire causing injury to them, after which they abandoned them on a rural road. 2. To declare that the Government of Chile has violated the right to a fair trial upheld in Article XVIII of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man by not providing a judicial remedy to protect the rights of the injured parties. 3. To recommend to the Government of Chile that it adopt the necessary measures to proceed expeditiously to determine the responsibility of the perpetrators of so reprehensible an act and to subject those persons to proper punishment to avoid the future recurrence of such condemnable crimes. 4. To recommend to the Government of Chile that it proceed to make amends for the material damage and moral injury caused to Carmen Gloria Quintana and the family of Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri. 5. To publish the present resolution in the Annual Report, for the purposes provided for in Article 63.g of the Regulations of the Commission. 6. To transmit the present resolution to the Government of Chile and to the claimant. Downloaded from worldcourts.com. Use is subject to terms and conditions. See worldcourts.com/terms.htm