112 with the violations of the substantive rights pointed out in the preceding operative items of this Judgment. 6. Decides that the State must pay to the 270 workers mentioned in paragraph 4 of this Judgment, the amounts that correspond to unpaid salaries and other labour rights applicable according to its legislation, which payment must, in the case of deceased workers, be made to their beneficiaries. In accordance with the pertinent national procedures, the State shall fix the respective indemnification, in order for the victims and, if applicable, their beneficiaries, to receive it within a maximum term of 12 months from the date of notification of this Judgment. 7. Decides that the State must reinstate the 270 workers mentioned in paragraph 4 of this Judgment in their positions, and should this not be possible, that it must provide employment alternatives where the conditions, salaries and remunerations that they had at the time that they were dismissed are respected. In the event that, likewise, the latter is not possible, the State shall proceed to pay the indemnity that corresponds to the termination of employment, in conformity with the internal labour law. In like manner, the State shall provide pension or retirement retribution as applicable to the beneficiaries of victims who may have passed away. The State shall comply with the obligations established in this operative item within a maximum term of 12 months from the date of notification of this Judgment. 8. Decides, for the sake of equitableness, that the State must pay each of the 270 workers mentioned in paragraph 4 of this Judgment the amount of US$3,000 (three thousand U.S. dollars) for moral damages. The State shall comply with the obligations established in this operative item within a maximum term of 90 days from the date of notification of this Judgment. 9. Decides, for the sake of equitableness, that the State must pay the group of 270 workers mentioned in paragraph 4 of this Judgment the amount of US$100,000 (one hundred thousand U.S. dollars) as reimbursement for expenses generated by the steps taken by the victims and their representatives, and the amount of US$20,000 (twenty thousand U.S. dollars) as reimbursement for costs, from internal proceedings and the international proceeding before the Inter-American protection system. These amounts shall be paid through the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 10. Decides that it shall supervise compliance with this Judgment and that it shall close the case only after such compliance. Done in Spanish and in English, the Spanish text being authentic, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on February 2, 2001. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President Máximo Pacheco-Gómez Oliver Jackman Hernán Salgado-Pesantes Alirio Abreu-Burelli

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