The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IA Court) will evaluate in a public hearing this Friday, April 1 at 2 pm Peruvian time the request for provisional measures against the release of the former president Alberto Fujimori.
This was scheduled at the request made by the legal representatives of the families of the victims of the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases within the framework of the hearing period that the Inter-American Court is currently conducting to supervise various cases, including compliance with the judgment against those responsible for these massacres, including Alberto Fujimori.
“In the framework of the 147 Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Court, the Public Hearing on the Request for Provisional Measures in the Barrios Altos Case and the La Cantuta Vs. Peru Case ?? will be held on Friday, April 1 at 1:00 p.m. (Costa Rica), 2:00 p.m. (Peru)”, detailed by social networks the inter-American court.
The event will be broadcast live on social media.
Inter-American Court ordered not to release Alberto Fujimori
After the victims of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta, as well as various civil organizations, presented a request for provisional measures against compliance with the ruling of the Constitutional Court (TC) in favor of Alberto Fujimori’s humanitarian pardon, the Inter-American Court decided schedule a public hearing soon.
The request was made on March 16 and 17, after the decision of the TC was known and the international court, after its formal publication, decided to order Peru to refrain from executing the release of the sentenced former president.
“The Court deems it necessary, in order to avoid irremediable damage to the right of access to justice of the victims before it can examine the provisional measures requested, to order the State of Peru to refrain from executing the order of the Constitutional Court of Peru to order the release of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, until this Court rules on the request for provisional measures.”they noted in their decision.
Likewise, it was established that on April 6 the control hearing will be held in which they will evaluate compliance with the actions that the Peruvian State must take in the face of the crimes committed in the murders committed in Barrios Altos and La Cantuta during the government of Alberto Fujimori. .
Alberto Fujimori’s lawyer asks to participate
Alberto Fujimori’s lawyer, César Nakazaki, ruled out the possibility that his client would be released until the Inter-American Court’s pronouncement in his hearings, for which he has asked to participate in them on behalf of the former president.
He stressed that a “structural defect” of the court based in Costa Rica is that it listens to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) as prosecutor, to the victims and to the State involved, but not to the people who may be affected by their actions. decisions.
“I see that in the decision of the urgency measure of the Inter-American Court they are recognizing us, at least, as amicus curiae. The report we have sent has been accepted. If they accepted that we intervene as amicus curiae, from there to hearing me on Friday, it is a difficult task but not impossible “he asserted.
