Report No. 42 (2018) IACHR. Petition No. 663-07 (Colombia)

• Year: 2018
• Petition Number: 663-07
• Report Number: 42
• Respondent State: Colombia
• Case Type: Admissibility
• Court: Inter-American Comission of Human Rights
• Alleged Victim: Familias Desplazadas de la Hacienda Bellacruz

REPORT No. 42/18

PETITION 663-07

REPORT ON ADMISSIBILITY

FAMILIES DISPLACED FROM THE HACIENDA BELLACRUZ

COLOMBIA

Approved by the Commission at its session No. 2126 held on May 4, 2018.

168th Special Period of Sessions.

OEA/Ser.L/V/II.168

Doc. 52

4 May 2018

Original: Spanish

Cite as: IACHR, Report No. 42/18, P..6.. A.. Families Displaced from the

Hacienda Bellacruz. Colombia. May 4, 2018.

www.cidh.org

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I. INFORMATION ABOUT THE PETITION

Petitioner:

Colectivo de Abogados “J...A...R...

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A. victim:

Families Displaced from the Hacienda Bellacruz1

Respondent S.:

Colombia

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Rights invoked:

Articles 4 (life), 5 (personal integrity), 8 (judicial guarantees),

11 (protection of honor and dignity), 21 (private property), 22

(circulation and residence) and 25 (judicial protection) of the

American Convention on Human Rights3, in relat ion to its

Article 1.1 (obligation to respect rights); Article 7 of the Inter-

American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment a nd

Eradication of Violence against Women4; and A rticles 7 and 12

of the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on

Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural

Rights5

II. PROCEDURE BEFORE THE IACHR6

Filing of the petition:

May 22, 2007

N. of the petition to the

S.:

M..7., 2011

S.’s first response:

August 2, 2011

N. of the possible archiving

of the petition:

J. 22, 2015

Petitioner’s response to the

notification regarding the possible

archiving of the petition:

A. 12, 2016

III. COMPETENCE

Competence Ratione personae:

Y...

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C..R. loci:

Y.

Competence Ratione temporis:

Y.

Competence Ratione materiae:

Y., American Convention (deposit of instrument made on July

31, 1973) and Convention of Belém do Pará (deposit of

instrument made on November 15, 1996)

IV. DUPLICATION OF PROCEDURES AND INTERNATIONAL RES JUDICATA, COLORABLE

CLAIM, EXHAUSTION OF DOMESTIC REMEDIES AND TIMELINESS OF THE PETITION

Duplication of procedures and

International res judicata:

No

1 The petition refers to 412 alleged victims, identified in the annex to this report. The petitioner indicates that the list

presented includes s the names of alleged victims that could be identified for the purposes of the petition; however, given thei r

displacement, several alleged victims could not be identified.

2 According to the provisions of Article 17.2.a of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure, C...L...E.V...

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S., of Colombian nationality, did not participate in the discussions or the decision in the present matter.

3 H. “the Convention” or “American Convention”.

4 H. “the Convention of Belém do Pará”.

5 H. the “Protocol of San Salvador”.

6 The observations submitted by each party were duly transmitted to the opposing party.