A.3. Search for the whereabouts or remains of Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal ............... 31
B. Considerations of the Court................................................................................. 32
B.1. Obligation to investigate, prosecute, and, where appropriate, punish the forced
disappearance of persons within a reasonable time ................................................. 33
B.2. Definition of the criminal offense of forced disappearance of persons and failure to
apply it to the specific case .................................................................................. 35
B.3. Search for the whereabouts or remains of Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal, and his
familiy's right to know the truth............................................................................ 37
B.4. General conclusion ....................................................................................... 38
VII-III RIGHT TO TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES, IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATIONS
TO RESPECT AND ENSURE RIGHTS AND TO ADOPT DOMESTIC LEGAL PROVISIONS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ................................................... 39
A. Judicial and administrative proceedings ................................................................ 39
A.1. Criminal proceedings "Public Prosecutor's Office v/ Franz Pizarro Solano et al." .... 39
A.1(1). Arguments of the Commission and the parties ............................................. 39
A.2. Administrative procedure before the Armed Forces pursuant to Ministerial
Resolution No. 316/09 ......................................................................................... 40
A.2.1. Arguments of the Commission and the parties .............................................. 40
B. Considerations of the Court................................................................................. 40
B.1. Access to information in cases of forced disappearance of persons ..................... 40
B.2. Analysis of the specific case .......................................................................... 43
B.2.1 Domestic regulatory framework on the right of access to information ............... 43
B.2.2 Criminal proceedings "Public Prosecutor v/ Franz Pizarro Solano et al." ............. 44
B.2.3 Administrative procedure by Ministerial Resolution No. 316/09 ........................ 45
VII-IV RIGHT TO HUMANE TREATMENT, IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATIONS TO
RESPECT AND ENSURE RIGHTS ............................................................................ 47
A. Arguments of the Commission and the parties....................................................... 47
B. Considerations of the Court................................................................................. 48
VIII REPARATIONS .............................................................................................. 50
A. Injured Party .................................................................................................... 51
B. Obligation to investigate the facts, prosecute, and, where appropriate, punish those
responsible and determine the whereabouts of the victim ........................................... 51
C. Measures of rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition ................. 54
D. Compensation ................................................................................................... 57
E. Costs and Expenses ........................................................................................... 60
F. Access to the Victims' Legal Assistance Fund ........................................................ 61
G. Method of compliance with the ordered payments ................................................. 62
IX OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS ............................................................................... 63
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