Inter American HR Court gives Venezuelan State until March 22 to reply

Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

The Inter American Human Rights Court (IAHRC) has stated that the Venezuelan State has not fully complied with the provisional measures the Court issued on November 27 to protect the lives of Luis Enrique Uzcategui (Falcon), 8 Cofavic defense attorneys (Liliana Ortega, Yris Medina Cova, Hilda Paez, Maritza Romero, Aura Liscano, Alicia de Gonzalez and Carmen Alicia Mendoza) and 5 Radio Caracas TV (RCTV).

• The Court has given the Venezuelan government until March 22 to reply.

State representative, Jorge Duarte has replied that in the case of Cofavic, the State has expressed concern for their safety and the basic problem has been one of implementation delayed by "disorder and interruptions proper to the bureaucratic nature of the State nad Venezuelan idiosyncracy."