DECLARES,
Unanimously that:
1.
The State is responsible for the violation of the rights to life, to personal integrity and to
property recognized in Articles 4, 5(1), 5(2), 21(1) and 21(2) of the American Convention on
Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of this instrument and, additionally, in relation to Article
19 with regard to the children, to the detriment of the victims who were executed, listed in
Annex “A”, in accordance with paragraphs 142 to 157, 159 to 162, 168, 203 and 208 of this
Judgment.
2.
The State is responsible for the violation of the right to personal liberty recognized in
Article 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of this
instrument, to the detriment of the victims who were executed in the village of El Mozote, listed
in Annex “A”, in accordance with paragraphs 158, 203 and 208 of this Judgment.
3.
The State is responsible for the violation of the prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment, established in Article 5(2), as well as for the violation of the
right to privacy recognized in Article 11(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in
relation to Article 1(1) of this instrument, to the detriment of women who were victims of rape
in the village of El Mozote, in accordance with paragraphs 163 to 167, 204 and 208 of this
Judgment.
4.
The State is responsible for the violation of the rights to personal integrity, to privacy and
domicile, and to property recognized in Articles 5(1), 5(2), 11(2), 21(1) and 21(2) of the
American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of this instrument and,
additionally, in relation to Article 19 with regard to the children, to the detriment of the victims
who survived the massacre, listed in Annex “B”, in accordance with paragraphs 170 to 182, 205
and 208 of this Judgment.
5.
The State is responsible for the violation of the right to freedom of movement and
residence recognized in Article 22(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation
to Article 1(1) of this instrument and, additionally, in relation to Article 19 with regard to the
children, to the detriment of the persons who were forced to displace within El Salvador and to
the Republic of Honduras, listed in Annex “D”, in accordance with paragraphs 183 to 196, 207
and 208 of this Judgment.
6.
The State is responsible for the violation of the rights to personal integrity and to
property, recognized in Articles 5(1), 5(2), 21(1) and 21(2) of the American Convention on
Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of this instrument, to the detriment of the next of kin of
the victims who were executed, listed in Annex “C”, in accordance with paragraphs 197 to 202,
206 and 208 of this Judgment.
7.
The State is responsible for the violation of the rights to judicial guarantees and to
judicial protection, recognized in Articles 8(1) and 25(1) of the American Convention on Human
Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of this instrument, as well as failure to comply with the
obligations established in Articles 1, 6, and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and
Punish Torture and 7(b) of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and
Eradication of Violence Against Women “Convention of Belém do Pará,” with regard to the
victims who survived the massacres, listed in Annex “B”, as well as the next of kin of the victims
who were executed, listed in Annex “C”, in accordance with paragraphs 242 to 249, 251 to 252,
255 to 264, 283 to 295, 298 and 299 to 301 of this Judgment.
8.
The State has failed to comply with the obligation to adapt its domestic law to the
American Convention on Human Rights, contained in Article 2, in relation to Articles 8(1), 25
and 1(1) of this instrument, to the detriment of the victims who survived the massacres, listed
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