Table of contents I. INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND PURPOSE OF THE DISPUTE ................................................... 3 II. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ........................................................................................ 4 III. JURISDICTION .................................................................................................................... 6 IV. PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS ................................................................................................... 7 A. Preliminary objections regarding the Court’s alleged lack of jurisdiction ratione temporis ............ 7 B. Lack of jurisdiction ratione materiae in relation to supposed violations of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture................................................................................. 9 C.Failure to exhaust domestic remedies to obtain reparations.....................................................11 D. Failure to comply with the time limit for lodging a petition before the Commission ................... 13 E. Lack of jurisdiction ratione materiae to review domestic decisions (fourth instance objection) .... 17 F. Alleged failure to abide by the Convention owing to the publication of the Merits Report ........... 19 G. Lack of jurisdiction of the Court to examine facts introduced by the representatives................. 20 V. EVIDENCE .......................................................................................................................... 21 A. Documentary, testimonial and expert evidence .................................................................... 21 B.Admission of the evidence ...................................................................................................22 C.Assessment of the evidence ................................................................................................22 VI PROVEN FACTS ................................................................................................................... 23 A.Historical context ..............................................................................................................23 B. Vladimir Herzog ............................................................................................................... 24 C. Operation Radar .............................................................................................................. 25 D. The events of October 25, 1975......................................................................................... 26 E. Military police investigation (IPM No. 1173-75) .................................................................... 27 F. Declaratory action No. 136-76 ........................................................................................... 28 G.The Amnesty Law .............................................................................................................29 H. Police investigation No. 487/92 (São Paulo State Jurisdiction) ............................................... 30 I. Acknowledgement of responsibility under Law No. 9,140/1995 ............................................... 31 J. Actions of the Federal Public Prosecution Service (Proceeding No. 2008.61.81.013434-2) .......... 33 K. Civil action filed by the Federal Public Prosecution Service in 2008 ......................................... 35 L. Actions of the National Truth Commission (CNV) .................................................................. 35 VII. MERITS ............................................................................................................................ 36 VII-1 RIGHTS TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES AND JUDICIAL PROTECTION .......................................... 37 A. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ................................................................. 37 B. Considerations of the Court ............................................................................................... 43 B.1. Crimes against humanity ............................................................................................ 43 B.2. Consequence of the perpetration of a crime against humanity ......................................... 51 B.3. The torture and murder of Vladimir Herzog (October 25, 1975) ....................................... 52 B.4. Analysis of the State’s actions ..................................................................................... 64 B.5. Conclusion ................................................................................................................ 82 VII-2 RIGHT TO KNOW THE TRUTH............................................................................................ 83 A. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ................................................................. 83 B. Considerations of the Court ............................................................................................... 85 VII-3 RIGHT TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY ...................................................................................... 89 A. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ................................................................. 89 B. Considerations of the Court ............................................................................................... 90 VIII. REPARATIONS ................................................................................................................. 92 A.Injured party .................................................................................................................... 92 B.Obligation to investigate ....................................................................................................93 C.Measures of non-repetition .................................................................................................95 D.Measures of satisfaction......................................................................................................95 E. Other measures of reparation requested by the representatives ............................................. 97 F.Compensation ....................................................................................................................97 G. Costs and expenses ......................................................................................................... 99 H. Reimbursement of expenditures to the Legal Assistance Fund ............................................. 100 I.Method of complying with the payments ordered ................................................................. 101 IX. OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS.................................................................................................. 101 2