5 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ORIGIN, STRUCTURE AND JURISDICTION OF THE COURT ............ 15 A. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT .......................................................... 15 B. ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT............................................................ 15 C. COMPOSITION OF THE COURT................................................................ 16 D. JURISDICTION OF THE COURT ................................................................ 17 1. The Contentious Jurisdiction of the Court ......................................... 17 2. The Advisory Jurisdiction of the Court ............................................... 18 3. Recognition of the Contentious Jurisdiction of the Court ............... 18 E. BUDGET .............................................................................................................. 19 F. RELATIONS WITH OTHER SIMILAR REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ........................................................................................... 19 II. JURISDICTIONAL AND ADVISORY ACTIVITIES OF THE COURT..............................................................................19 A. FIFTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE COURT .................... 19 1. Gallardo Rodríguez case (Mexico)........................................................ 19 2. Hilaire, Constantine and Benjamín et al. case (Trinidad and Tobago) ........................................................................... 20 3. Bámaca Velásquez case (Guatemala).................................................... 20 4. Trujillo Oroza case (Bolivia).................................................................. 21 5. Other matters........................................................................................... 21 B. FIFTY-FIFTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE COURT .......................... 21 1. The case of the 19 Tradesmen (Colombia) ......................................... 22 2. Provisional measures in the case of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó (Colombia).................................................... 22 3. Las Palmeras case (Colombia)............................................................... 22 4. Cantos case (Argentina).......................................................................... 23 6 5. Request for Advisory Opinion OC-17................................................. 23 6. Hilaire, Constantine and Benjamín et al. case (Trinidad and Tobago) ........................................................................... 23 7. Durand and Ugarte case (Peru)............................................................. 24 8. Baena Ricardo et al. case (Panama) ....................................................... 25 9. Provisional measures in the Urso Branco Prison case (Brazil)....................................................................................................... 25 10. Other matters........................................................................................... 25 C. FIFTY-SIXTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE COURT .......................... 25 1. Provisional measures in the Urso Branco Prison case (Brazil)....................................................................................................... 26 2. Provisional measures in the Helen Mack et al. case (Guatemala) ............................................................................................. 26 3. Provisional measures in the La Nación newspaper case (Costa Rica).............................................................................................. 27 4. Request for Advisory Opinion OC-17................................................. 27 5. El Caracazo case (Venezuela)................................................................ 28 6. Provisional measures in the James et al. case (Trinidad and Tobago) ........................................................................... 29 7. The Five Pensioners case (Peru)........................................................... 29 8. Provisional measures in the case of the Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community (Nicaragua)..................................... 30 9. Lori Berenson case (Peru)...................................................................... 30 10. Other matters........................................................................................... 31 D. FIFTY-SEVENTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE COURT .................. 31 1. Provisional measures in the Liliana Ortega et al. case (Venezuela)............................................................................................... 31 2. Provisional measures in the Luis Uzcátegui case (Venezuela).......... 32 3. Provisional measures in the Luisiana Ríos et al. case (Venezuela)............................................................................................... 32 4. Las Palmeras case (Colombia)............................................................... 32 5. Cantos case (Argentina).......................................................................... 33 6. Other matters........................................................................................... 33 E. SUBMISSION OF NEW CONTENTIOUS CASES .................................. 34 1. Maritza Urrutia vs. Guatemala............................................................................. 34 2. Gómez Paquiyauri vs. Peru.................................................................................. 34 3. The Children’s Rehabilitation Center vs. Paraguay.......................................... 35 4. Ricardo Canese vs. Paraguay................................................................................ 36 5. Lori Berenson vs. Peru ......................................................................................... 37 6. The “Plan de Sánchez Massacre” vs. Guatemala.............................................. 39 7. The Moiwana Community vs. Suriname............................................................ 39 7 F. SUBMISSION OF A NEW REQUEST FOR AN ADVISORY OPINION ..................................................................................... 40 1. Advisory Opinion OC-18 ...................................................................... 40 G. SUBMISSION OF NEW REQUESTS FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES ........................................... 40 1. Provisional measures in the Urso Branco Prison case (Brazil)....................................................................................................... 40 2. Provisional measures in the case of the Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community (Nicaragua)..................................... 40 3. Provisional measures in the Helen Mack et al. case (Guatemala).............................................................................................. 41 4. Provisional measures in the Liliana Ortega et al. case (Venezuela)............................................................................................... 42 5. Provisional measures in the Luis Uzcátegui case (Venezuela)............................................................................................... 42 6. Provisional measures in the Luisiana Ríos et al. case (Venezuela)............................................................................................... 42 7. New request for provisional measures in the Bámaca Velásquez case (Guatemala).................................................... 43 H. STATUS OF MATTERS BEFORE THE COURT ..................................... 43 1. Contentious cases.................................................................................... 43 2. Advisory opinions ................................................................................... 45 3. Provisional measures .............................................................................. 45 III OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE COURT.............................................................. 46 1. VISIT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL.......................................................................................................... 46 2. VISIT OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA........................................... 46 3. VISIT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE.................................................................... 46 4. VISIT OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES.................................... 47 8 5. MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF PANAMA.............................................................................................................. 47 6. MEETING WITH VICTIMS AND THE VICTIMS’ REPRESENTATIVES IN BAENA RICARDO ET AL. VS. PANAMA.............................................................................................................. 47 7. VISIT OF A DELEGATION FROM THE IBERO-AMERICAN OMBUDSMAN FEDERATION (FIO).......................................................... 48 8. VISIT OF A DELEGATION FROM THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (ABA) ...................................................................................... 48 9. SIGNATURE OF AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND ............................................................. 48 10. RIO GROUP SUMMIT MEETING................................................................ 49 11. VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY...................................................................................................