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 122

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