I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND PURPOSE OF THE DISPUTE ..................................... 4
II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT .............................................................................. 5
III JURISDICTION ............................................................................................................ 7
IV PRELIMINARY OBJECTION RATIONE TEMPORIS .......................................................... 7
V PRELIMINARY matter .................................................................................................... 8
VI EVIDENCE .................................................................................................................. 10
A.Admissibility of the documentary evidence ...................................................................... 10
B.Admissibility of the testimonial and expert evidence ......................................................... 11
VII FACTS ....................................................................................................................... 11
A.Context ...................................................................................................................... 11
B.Events that occurred on April 29 and 30, 1982 ................................................................ 12
C. Domestic proceedings based on the events of April 29 and 30, 1982 ................................ 15
VIII MERITS ................................................................................................................... 19
VIII-1 RIGHTS TO RECOGNITION OF JURIDICAL PERSONALITY, LIFE, PERSONAL
INTEGRITY AND PERSONAL LIBERTY, RIGHTS OF THE FAMILY, RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE ..................................................................... 19
a.1 The forced disappearances.................................................................................. 19
a.2 Right to freedom of movement and residence....................................................... 20
a.3. Rights of the family and rights of the child ........................................................... 20
B. Considerations of the Court .......................................................................................... 21
b.1 The forced disappearances ................................................................................. 21
b.2 Right to freedom of movement and residence....................................................... 24
b.3. Rights of the family .......................................................................................... 27
b.4. Rights of the child ............................................................................................ 28
VIII-2 RIGHTS TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES AND JUDICIAL PROTECTION ...................... 30
A. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ............................................................ 30
B.Considerations of the Court ........................................................................................... 32
b.1. Obligation to investigate the facts of this case ...................................................... 33
b.2. Obstacles arising during the proceedings resulting from the massacre..................... 35
b.3. Reasonable time ............................................................................................... 36
b.4. Conclusion ....................................................................................................... 37
VIII-3 PERSONAL INTEGRITY ........................................................................................ 37
A. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ............................................................ 37
B.Considerations of the Court ........................................................................................... 38
IX REPARATIONS ........................................................................................................... 39
A. Reparations granted in the context of the procedure before the Commission ...................... 40
B. Injured party .............................................................................................................. 41
C. Investigation, determination, prosecution and punishment, as appropriate, of all those
responsible for the facts that are the subject of this judgment .............................................. 43
c.1 Full investigation and eventual prosecution and punishment of all the masterminds and
perpetrators of the massacre ................................................................................ 43
c.2 Identification and return of the remains of the victims killed during the massacre and
investigation of the fate or whereabouts of the persons disappeared or their remains .. 44
D. Restitution ................................................................................................................. 45
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