Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of Ticona Estrada et al. v. Bolivia Judgment of November 27, 2008 (Merits, Reparations and Costs) In the case of Ticona Estrada et al., The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, the "Inter-American Court", the "Court" or the "Tribunal"), composed of the following judges: Cecilia Medina-Quiroga, President; Diego García-Sayán, Vice-President; Sergio García Ramírez, Judge Manuel E. Ventura Robles, Judge; Leonardo A. Franco, Judge; Margarette May Macaulay, Judge and Rhadys Abreu-Blondet, Judge; Also present: Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary∗; Pursuant to Articles 62(3) and 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter, the “Convention” or the “American Convention”) and Articles 29, 31, 53(2), 55, 56 and 58 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure (hereinafter, the “Rules of Procedure”) delivers this Judgment. I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND PURPOSE OF THE APPLICATION 1. On August 8, 2007, the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter, the "Commission" or the "Inter-American Commission") filed with the Court, in accordance with Articles 50 and 61 of the American Convention, an application against the Republic of Bolivia (hereinafter, the "State" or "Bolivia"), originating in petition No. 12.527, forwarded to the Secretariat of the Commission on August 9, 2004 by the Ombudsman of Bolivia (hereinafter, the “representative” or the “Ombudsman”). On October 12, 2005, the Commission adopted the Report on Admissibility No. 45/051 and the Report on Merits No. 112/06 on October 26, 20062, ∗ The Deputy Secretary, Emilia Segares Rodríguez, due to reasons of force majeure, did not participate in the discussion of this Judgment. 1 In the Report on Admissibility No. 45/05, the Commission decided to admit the petition No. 712/04 in relation to the rights enshrined in Articles 1(1), 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13 and 25 of the American