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HONDURAS
CASE N° HOND/02 - MIGUEL ANGEL PAVÓN SALAZAR
Resolution adopted unanimously by the Governing Council
at its 176th session (Manila, 8th April 2005)


The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,

Referring to the case of the murder of Mr. Miguel Angel Pavón Salazar of Honduras, as outlined in the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CL/176/13(b)-R.1), and to the resolution adopted at its 175th session (October 2004),

Taking account of a letter from the Prosecutor General dated 18 March 2005,

Recalling that Mr. Pavón was murdered in January 1988, that after the investigation had come to a standstill, it was reopened in 1996 and finally led to the identification of two suspects, both military officers, that while one of them died during Hurricane Mitch in 1998, the second, Jaime Rosales, was apprehended in the United States of America and extradited to Honduras, where he stood trial and was acquitted on 22 March 2004, that the Prosecutor’s Office lodged an appeal against that decision in order to ensure a reversal of the acquittal of Mr. Rosales, given the compelling evidence of his involvement in the murder,

Considering that, according to the communication from the Prosecutor General dated 18 March 2005, the appeal court quashed the acquittal on 25 February 2005 and referred the case back to the court of first instance,

  1. Thanks the Prosecutor General for his consistent cooperation;

  2. Would appreciate receiving a copy of the appeal court's ruling setting aside Mr. Rosales's acquittal;

  3. Wishes to know whether steps have been taken to ensure that Mr. Rosales is at the disposal of the judicial authorities;

  4. Requests the Secretary General to inform the authorities and the sources accordingly;

  5. Requests the Committee to continue examining this case and report to it at its next session, to be held on the occasion of the 113th IPU Assembly (October 2005).

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