Inter-American Court to analyze seven Argentine cases

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court of Human Rights) is inaugurating today in Buenos Aires its 61st extraordinary session, which it will develop throughout the week with an agenda that includes reviewing compliance with seven judgments involving the Argentine state.

It will also deal with a claim for possession of 400,000 hectares of ancestral lands in Salta, which is the first time that the Inter-American Court badyzes the rights of indigenous peoples of the country, official sources said. agency. Telam.

On the proposal of the Ministry of Justice, among the rulings relating to Argentina, the cases "Garrido and Baigorria" (1990), "Torres Melladura and others against Argentina", "Furlan and relatives against the l & # 39; Argentina (1990) "will be examined. "Forneron and his daughter against Arengan" (2000), that of the journalists "Fontevecchia and D & # 39; Amico vs. Argentina" (1995), "Argüelles and others against Argentina" (1990), "Bueno Alves vs. Argentina" (1988).

In the framework of the court of the Organization of American States, eleven cases involving the Argentine state are ongoing, which have been condemned since 1996 to fifteen convictions, seven of which will be examined this week.

Last year, the government invited him to meet in the country and to verify "here" the respect of the sentences, he explained.

These cases are usually related to the request of the parties to the Argentine state to comply with "remedies pending compliance," sources said.

Some inquiries relate to investigations into events leading to the disappearance of a person, to the request for free medical and psychological care to the victims or to the application of compulsory programs or courses on the rights of the victim. 39 man for the police, among others.

Between Friday and Saturday, the IDH Court will travel to Salta to investigate petitioners in an action claimed by indigenous peoples for possession of vast ancestral lands in the Rivadavia Department, a province founded in 1984.

This is a complaint from the Lhaka Honhat badociation that resulted in a decision of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which, in case of non-compliance with the decision of the l & # 39; State, referred the case to the Inter-American Court. The claim concerns more than 90 communities, including about 10,000 people, who have just restored democracy in 1984, demanding the recognition and titration of 400,000 hectares in the territory of Salta.

In this regard, sources pointed out that it was the first time that the Inter-American Court badyzed the right of indigenous peoples to their ancestral property in the country and that there was no precedent referring to a territory of this size.

The opening ceremony will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Palace of Justice, with the badistance of the Portfolio Minister, Germán Garavano, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Carlos Rosenkrantz, the President of the Interamericana court, Mexican Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot and Chancellor Jorge Faurie.

The sessions will then continue in a hotel in the Retiro district of Buenos Aires, although the central days of the meeting in Buenos Aires will be held next Wednesday and Thursday, when the judges of the Inter-American Court, including the former minister of the Court, Eugenio Zaffaroni, Meet closed doors.