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Community is the Estancia Loma Verde estate, which assertion was not challenged
by the State and was even admitted by the […] Court in the ‘Proven Facts’ section of
the Judgment [on the merits]. However, operative paragraph [six] orders the State
to return the traditional habitat of the members of the [C]ommunity, while at the
same time it seems to require that the territory at issue be ‘identified’.”
Arguments of the Inter-American Commission
19.
The Commission argued that:
a)
the first question of the representatives “does not raise doubts
concerning the scope of the [J]udgment [on the merits], about which the
Court has been clear in holding that it had no power to identify the territory to
be transferred;”
b)
the representatives’ question concerns a matter of “purpose”, as they
consider that the State, in fulfilling its duty to identify the territory to be
transferred to the members of the Yakye Axa Community, must base itself on
“the territory currently known as Estancia Loma Verde.” Thus, according to
the Commision, the position asserted “involves, strictly speaking, a claim for
fulfilment,” and
c)
the answer to the question “is not” a priori “essential”, since “from the
Inter-American court findings and the assertions by the parties to the
proceedings it follows that, in order to faithfully fulfill its duty to transfer the
lands, the State must primarily consider the lands that correspond, among
others, to Estancia Loma Verde.” However, if the Court finds that there is a
controversy as to the manner in which the Judgment on the merits is to be
complied with, the Commission considers “that it would be particularly useful
for the Court to clear up the issue.” In such a case, “the Court’s addressing
the issue raised by the aggrieved party can only be beneficial for the efficacy
of its judgment.”
Arguments of the State
20.
The State argued that:
a)
“[i]t is not appropriate to alter the clear and express language of the
[Judgment on the merits] by means of a request [...] that only seeks an
interpretation. In view of the clarity of the [J]udgment [on the merits], it
cannot be interpreted other way than as the [...] Court has;”
b)
“[i]t is not true that the State has agreed to seize the Estancia [Loma
Verde];”
c)
“it has agreed to identify the territory of the [Yakye Axa Community],
which is part of the E[nxet] ethnic group spread all over the Central Chaco[,]
and to transfer for no consideration the tract of land necessary to house the