Merits Reports

The merits stage is where the IACHR must decide on the merits or substance of the matter, that is, whether or not there were violations of human rights in the case being analyzed. The procedure on the merits is regulated in Articles 48 and 50 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Articles 37, 38, 39, 43, and 44 of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure. The merits stage ends with the approval of a Merits Report, which contains the conclusions about whether the facts of the case constitute human rights violations. If it is found that there were human rights violations, the Merits Report includes recommendations to the State.

Merits Reports approved are not published immediately. When a Merits Report is approved, in accordance with Article 50 of the American Convention on Human Rights, it is confidential, and the Commission notifies only the parties (the State and the petitioner). Merits Reports that have been approved can be published later if the Commission so decides, pursuant to Article 51(3) of the American Convention on Human Rights. If the Commission decides to send a case to the Inter-American Court, the Merits Report on that case will be published on the IACHR website, under Cases in the Court..

Argentina

reports: 2

Bolivia

  • Report No. 28/81, Petition 7472, Padre Julio Tumuri Chile
  • Report No. 27/81, Petition 7458, Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz
  • Report No. 26/81, Petition 7739 , Artemio Camargo, José Reyes Carvajal, José Luis Suárez Guzmán, Ariel Menacho, Koree Baldivieso, Ricardo Navarro Mogro, Gonzalo Baron Y Ramiro Velasco Aviles

reports: 3

Chile

reports: 6

Cuba

  • Report No. 49/81, Petition 7455, Eduardo Prieto Blanco, and Alberto Prieto Blanco
  • Report No. 48/81, Petition 7486 , Melvin Lee Bailey, Robert Bennet, Walter Lewis Clark, William Dawson John Fekete, Agustin Householder, Lance Fyfe, Jon Gaynor, Douglas Miklas, Lewis Douglas Moore, William Nelson, Michael Seitler, Mark Schierbaum, Dale Stanhope, and Thomas White
  • Report No. 47/81, Petition 4677 , Alemany Pelaez, Jorge, Alonso Guillot, Ramón, Brito García, Juan, Iglesias, Ramirez, Manuel, Lam Rodríguez, Roberto, Piedra Bustarviejo, Antonio, Pinera, Machin, Augustín, Bacallao, Pedro, Bermúdez Esquivel, Mario, Beravides Ballesteros, Eulalio, Burias Acosta, Luis, Chapi Yaniz, Francisco, Estevez De Arcos, Guillermo, Pérez Valdes, Roberto, Rodríguez de Castro, Ricardo, Rodríguez, Edelso, Samoano, Gustavo C., Arguelles, Ramón, Campbell, Francisco B., Lazo de Cuba, Carlos, Antunez, Telesforo R., Becerra, Rafael, Bergueiro, Armando, Capote Oropesa, Alfredo, Delgado Hernández, Sandalino, Cerdena Valdes, Benigno, Concepción, Julio, Córdoba Aguiar, Julio
  • Report No. 46/81, Petition 4429, 170 political prisoners held in the Prison "Combinado Del Este"
  • Report No. 45/81, Petition 4402, 114 political prisoners
  • Report No. 44/81, Petition 3884, Alberto Fibia González, et al.
  • Report No. 43/81, Petition 3956, Eleno Oviedo
  • Report No. 42/81, Petition 3992, Clara Abrahante
  • Report No. 41/81, Petition 3496, Ernesto Arraigotia
  • Report No. 40/81, Petition 3347, Tomás Fernández Travieso
  • Report No. 39/81, Petition 2299, Angel Cuadra Landrove

reports: 11

Guatemala

  • Report No. 38/81, Petition 4425 , Israel Márquez, Pedro Quevedo, Manuel Moscoso Zaldaña, Yolanda Aguilar, Manuel López Balán, Marlon Mendizabal, Ricardo García, Manuel de Jesús Gómez, Arnulfo García and René Reyes
  • Report No. 37/81, Petition 7585, Rodolfo Ramírez and Andrea Rodríguez de Ramírez
  • Report No. 36/81, Petition 7581 , Nehemías Cúmez and his nephew Adolfo Cúmez, Anastasio Sotz, René Gómez Ovalle, Antonio Muz, Ernesto Apén and Maximiliano Otzoy; arbitrary detention and subsequent murder of Juan Muz and Roque Salazar; Julio Tuyuc; and Miguel Curruchiche
  • Report No. 35/81, Petition 7490 , José Luis Pena, Gustavo Adolfo Bejarano, Rafael Enrique Girón Mérida, Jordan Gilberto Salazar Uriza, Augusto Yach Ciriaco, Gerónimo Alberto Moreno Palencia, Alfonso Obdulo Molina Mérida, Ilian De La Cruz, Edgar De La Cruz, Julio César Pérez Gálvez, Victor Herrera, Rosario Leal, Nery Robledo Espinoza, Adalberto Juárez, José Ruíz, Juan Guerra Castro, Guillermo Turcios García
  • Report No. 34/81, Petition 7464, Douglas Sequeira López
  • Report No. 33/81, Petition 7403 , De Sus Afiliados, Edgar René Aldana, Oscar Amilcar Pachuca and El Padre María Gran Sierra, Sonia Sara Alesio, Rafael Antonio Aguilar, Irma Barrios, Luis Rodolfo Bonilla, Mario Campos Valledares, Christina Yolanda Carrera, Crescencio Coronel Ordoñez, Bernabé De La Cruz, Alvaro Estrada, Selvin Arnoldo Garcia, Irwin René Hernández, Mario Martinez, Señor Reyes Aldama, Jorge Luis Serrano, Rafael Antonio Aguilar Pérez, Sonia Alecio, Sara Cabrera Flores, Mario Campos Valladares, Cristina Yolanda Cabrera, Agustin Chitay Chapeton, Cresencio Coronel Ordoñez, Alvaro Oswaldon Estrada, Orlando Antonio García Rodríguez, Selvin Arnulfo García López, Florentino Gómez López, Ervin René Hernández Paiz, Bernardo Marroquín Salazar, Mario Martinez, Hilda Carlota Pérez Méndez, Irma Candelaria Pérez Osorio, Manuel René Polanco Salguero, Tomás Roberto Poll, Pedro Ramos Micatu, Manuel Antonio Rodriguez Ramos, Oscar Armando Salazar, Héctor Manuel Sánchez González, Jorge Luis Serrano, Ismael Vásquez Ortíz, Florencia Xocop Chávez
  • Report No. 32/81, Petition 7383 , Marcelino Santos Chajón et al.
  • Report No. 31/81, Petition 7379, José León Castañeda
  • Report No. 30/81, Petition 7378, Padre Carlos Stetter

reports: 9

Jamaica

reports: 2

United States

reports: 1

Uruguay

reports: 2

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