added that the family had been incorporated into the PRAIS program and received a monthly subsidy of
US$35 to US$40 to continue secondary and higher education studies.
35.
It indicates that in the "Morales Compagnon et al” case, the spouse of Jorge Osorio, Lucia
Morales Compagnon, has been receiving a monthly pension since July 1991; 14 and each of her four children
received reparation awards of between seven and ten million Chilean pesos.
36.
The State indicates that in the "Órdenes Guerra et al” case, the spouse of Augusto Alcayaga,
María Laura Órdenes Guerra, has been receiving a monthly pension of 360,674 Chilean pesos since July 1,
1991; and that each of her five children were entitled to receive 15 percent of the total amount of the pension
until they are 25 years old. The State points out that in November 2005, the children not entitled to a pension
because of their age were granted a one-off reparation award of 10,000,000 Chilean pesos. It further specifies
that the children whose age entitled them to receive reparation pensions were granted the difference
between what they had received in the form of a pension and the amount of the one-off award.
37.
According to the State, in the "Melo Pradenas, Vivanco, Espejo Gómez, and Reyes Navarrete”
case, the mother of Mario Melo, Ilia María Pradenas Pérez, had been receiving a monthly compensation
allowance equivalent to 40 percent of the monthly allowance corresponding to more than one beneficiary
from July 1, 1991 until the day she died, on May 29, 2006. The State adds that Mario Melo's father, Mario
Melo Acuña, has been receiving a reparation pension since August 1, 2006, in the amount corresponding to a
single beneficiary, namely 360,674 Chilean pesos.
38.
It points out that the daughter of Ramón Luis Vivanco, Pamela Adriana Vivanco, received a
pension from July 1, 1991 until December 31, 1993; and a compensation award of 10,000,000 Chilean pesos,
a, in accordance with the law.
39.
According to the State, the mother of Rodolfo Alejandro Espejo Gómez, Alejandrina Gómez,
received both the compensation award and, since July 1, 1991, a monthly pension in the amount of 360,674
Chilean pesos.
40.
The State adds that the mother of Sergio Alonso Reyes Navarrete, María Elisa Zepeda Rojas,
has been receiving a monthly pension since July 1, 1991, equivalent to 30 percent of 504,943 Chilean pesos;
that his spouse, Magdalena Mercedes Navarrete Faroldo, received the compensation award and, since July 1
1991, a monthly pension equivalent to 40 percent of 504,943 Chilean pesos, while her son had access to both
the pension and reparation award.
41.
With respect to educational grants, the State points out that they amount to a monthly
subsidy equivalent to approximately US35 to help pay for secondary and higher education. It adds that
children of victims accepted into universities, professional institutes, or technical training centers recognized
by the State are entitled to payment of their enrollment and tuition fees. It points out that this benefit runs
until age 35.
42.
As regards health benefits, the State points out that, pursuant to Law No. 19.123, family
members of victims are entitled to cost-free public health care in primary health care clinics, State-run
hospitals, and emergency rooms. It adds that no fees are charged for these services and that the principal
channel for benefiting from them is the PRAIS, a program open to the spouses, children, parents, and siblings
of victims.
43.
In short, the State argues that the psychological, physical and moral suffering experienced by
the victims of human rights violations and their next of kin cannot be remedied in a material sense, so that
State policy should be directed toward comprehensive reparation encompassing remembrance, justice, and
14 The State indicates that the monthly amount received between July 1991 and November 2007 was 36,175,000 Chilean
pesos. State’s brief of November 21, 2008.
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