OEA/Ser.L/V/II.172 REPORT No. 56/1 9 Doc. 65 May 4 2019 CASE 13.392 Original: Spanish REPORT ON ADMISSIBILITY AND MERITS JULIEN–GRISONAS FAMILY ARGENTINA Approved by the Commission at its session No. 2150 held on May 4, 2019 172 Regular Period of Sessions Cite as: IACHR, Report No. 56/19, Case 13.392. Admissibility and Merits. Julien–Grisonas Family. Argentina. May 4, 2019. www.cidh.org INDEX I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3 II. POSITION OF THE PARTIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 A. Petitioner .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 B. State ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 III. ADMISSIBILITY ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 A. Competence and duplication of procedures and international res judicata ............................................................ 8 B. Exhaustion of domestic remedies and timeliness of the petition ................................................................................. 9 C. Colorable claim ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 IV. FINDINGS OF FACT ........................................................................................................................................................................10 A. Context ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 1. On the serious human rights violations committed during the Argentine dictatorship ........................ 10 2. On the coordination of repression by Argentina and Uruguay in the context of Operation Condor 11 3. On the “Automotores Orletti” clandestine detention center................................................................................ 13 4. On the kidnapping and appropriation of children in the context of “Operation Condor” ..................... 14 B. Relevant legal framework ............................................................................................................................................................... 14 C. On the Julien-Grisonas family ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 D. Facts of the case ................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 1. On the operation carried out on September 26, 1976 ............................................................................................ 18 2. On the detention at “Automotores Orletti” and the transfers to Uruguay and Chile ............................... 19 3. On the family members’ search ......................................................................................................................................... 20 4. On the recovery of the identity of the Larrabeiti Yáñez siblings ....................................................................... 21 E. On administrative reparations ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 F. On the civil proceedings .................................................................................................................................................................. 22 1. Case No. 24,518/98.................................................................................................................................................................. 23 2. Case File No. 14.846/96 ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 G. Criminal proceedings ........................................................................................................................................................................ 25 1. Case No. 1627 “Guillamondegui, Néstor Horacio and others on the unlawful and aggravated deprivation of freedom, torture, and felony murder” ................................................................................... 26 2. Case No. 2637/04 “Vaello, Orestes, and others for unlawful and aggravated deprivation of liberty and felony murder” ........................................................................................................................................................ 26 3. Criminal case No. 1351 “Nicolaides Cristino and others on the abduction, detention, and concealment of minors” ............................................................................................................................................... 29 V. ANALYSIS OF LAW .........................................................................................................................................................................29 A. Preliminary considerations ........................................................................................................................................................... 29 B. Rights to recognition as a person before the law, to personal liberty, to humane treatment, to life, to a fair trial, and to judicial protection (Articles 3, 7, 5, and 4 of the American Convention) in connection with the obligation to respect and guarantee rights (Article 1.1 of the same instrument); Article I, subparagraph a), of the Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons (IACFDP); and the rights to recognition as a person before the law and civil rights, to protection against arbitrary 1 detention and to life, to liberty, to safety and integrity of the person (Articles XVII, XXV, and I of the American Declaration), in connection with the rights of the child (Article VII of the Declaration) ........... 31 1. General considerations on the forced disappearance of persons ..................................................................... 31 2. Analysis of the case .................................................................................................................................................................. 34 C. Right to personal integrity and the prohibition of torture (Article 5.1 of the American Convention, in connection with its Article 1.1, and Article I of the American Declaration) ........................................................... 36 1. General considerations about the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment ............................................................................................................................................................................ 36 2. Analysis of the case .................................................................................................................................................................. 37 D. Rights to protection of the family, to private and family life, to a nationality, and to residence and freedom of movement (Articles VI, V, XIX, and VIII of the American Declaration), in connection with its Article VII ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 38 1. General considerations about the rights to an identity, to a name, to a private life, to family, to a nationality, and to residence and freedom of movement................................................................................................ 38 2. Analysis of the case ............................................................................................................................................................................ 40 E. Rights to a fair trial, to judicial protection, and to the duty to investigate grave human rights violations (Article 8 and Article 25.1 of the American Convention), in connection with its Article 1.1 and the duty to adopt provisions under domestic law (Article 2 of the American Convention); and Articles 1, 6, and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (IACPPT) and Article I, subparagraph b), and Article III of the Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons (IACFDP) ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 1. General considerations about the rights to a fair trial and judicial protection and about the duty to investigate possible forced disappearance and torture ..............................................................................