INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OF THE MASSACRES OF EL MOZOTE AND NEARBY PLACES v. EL SALVADOR JUDGMENT OF OCTOBER 25, 2012 (Merits, reparations and costs) In the case of the Massacres of El Mozote and nearby places, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”), composed of the following judges: Diego García-Sayán, President Manuel E. Ventura Robles, Vice President Leonardo A. Franco, Judge Margarette May Macaulay, Judge Rhadys Abreu Blondet, Judge Alberto Pérez Pérez, Judge, and Eduardo Vio Grossi, Judge; also present, Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary, and Emilia Segares Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary, pursuant to Articles 62(3) and 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) and Articles 31, 32, 65 and 67 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter also “the Rules of Procedure”), delivers this Judgment, structured as follows: The Court’s Rules of Procedure approved by the Court at its eighty-fifth regular session, held from November 16 to 28, 2009.