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O Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), based in Washington, urged this Monday Ecuador to protect the life of the former vice president Jorge Glasdetained in a maximum security prison since April 6, following the violent operation by the Ecuadorian Police on the Embassy of Mexico in Quito.
O IACHR stated in a statement “his concern about the events related to the intrusion of the Mexican Embassy in Quito”And called the“observance of international standards on the inviolability of diplomatic missions and those governing diplomatic asylum in the region”.
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Likewise, he urged Ecuador “adopt the necessary measures to protect the rights to life and personal integrity of Jorge Glasbeneficiary of precautionary measures granted by the IACHR”.
O Inter-American Commission He recalled that on December 31, 2019 he decided “grant precautionary measures in favor of Mr. Jorge David Glas Espinel in accordance with article 25 of its Regulation”.
On that occasion, he asked the Ecuadorian State to adopt “the necessary measures to protect the rights to life and personal integrity” by Glas, who was vice president between 2013 and 2017, during the presidential term of Rafael Corrêa (2007-2017), and also at the beginning of the Lenin Moreno (2017-2021).
The IACHR ordered Ecuador to apply the measures “more apropriate” to the personal circumstances of Glas, who had requested the intervention of the IACHR a year earlier, when he was imprisoned for two final convictions for bribery and illicit association.
O Inter-American Commission I was looking for “protect the rights” by Glas, who then demanded “treatment and medical care“Since I Was”allegedly exposed to threats inside prison”.
When writing this Monday, the IACHR ensures that the Ecuadorian State “periodically reported on the implementation of precautionary measures ordered by the Commission”, but he stressed that, “Although Mr. Jorge Glas’ circumstances have changed, precautionary measures remain in force to date.”.
Furthermore, the IACHR announced that it took note of the resolution that condemns the intrusion of the Ecuadorian police into the Embassy of Mexico in Quitoissued on April 10 by the Permanent Council of Organization of American States (OAS), of which it is a part.
The declaration of the OAS It also calls for recognition of the importance of respect for the inviolability of diplomatic headquarters and “fulfill its obligations under the Vienna Convention and the 1954 Diplomatic Asylum Convention″.
Glas had been at the Mexican Embassy in Quito since December 17 and days later he requested asylum to be recognized as politically persecuted, rejecting all accusations and sentences against him, which he describes as ‘legal war‘ (use of the judicial apparatus against political opponents).
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He was subsequently ordered to be captured and placed in preventive detention in the case of reconstruction works following the strong earthquake of 2016, where he is accused of alleged embezzlement (misappropriation of funds).
Furthermore, he still had to finish serving an eight-year sentence for convictions for bribery and corruption that he did not finish serving when he was released from prison at the end of 2022 thanks to a judicial resolution of precautionary measures.
The forced entry into the Mexican Embassy, when Glas had already received asylum, was declared illegal and arbitrary by an Ecuadorian court, and the Mexican Government broke off relations with the Andean country and reported him to the International Court of Justice in Have it for considering international law and its national sovereignty violated.
Source: Elcomercio
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