3
B.3.d
The right of women to a life free from violence (Article 7(a) of the Convention of Belém do Pará) .........78
C.
Conclusion ...........................................................................................................................................80
VIII-2 RIGHT TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND THE PROHIBITION OF TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR
DEGRADING TREATMENT, IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATIONS TO RESPECT AND TO ENSURE RIGHTS ..............80
A.
Arguments of the parties .....................................................................................................................80
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................................................81
VIII-3 RIGHTS TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES AND TO JUDICIAL PROTECTION, IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATIONS
TO RESPECT AND TO ENSURE RIGHTS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AND ARTICLE 7 OF THE CONVENTION OF
BELÉM DO PARÁ .................................................................................................................................................84
A.
Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ................................................................................85
A.1
Arguments on access to justice ................................................................................................................85
A.2
Arguments on the Convention of Belém do Pará .........................................................................................86
A.3
Arguments on discrimination in access to justice ........................................................................................87
A.4
Arguments on the obligation to ensure that the competent authority established by the laws of the State will
determine the rights of everyone who files a remedy .............................................................................................88
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................................................89
B.1
Access to justice in cases of violation of sexual and reproductive rights .........................................................90
B.2
Determination of the effects of the closure of the criminal proceedings ..........................................................95
B.3
Determination of the scope of the State’s international responsibility owing to the criminal proceedings ............96
B.4
Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................97
IX REPARATIONS (Application of Article 63(1) of the American Convention).....................................................98
A.
Injured party .......................................................................................................................................98
B.
Rehabilitation ......................................................................................................................................99
C.
Satisfaction........................................................................................................................................ 100
C.1
Publications ......................................................................................................................................... 100
C.2
Act to acknowledge responsibility ........................................................................................................... 100
D.
Guarantees of non-repetition............................................................................................................. 100
E.
Other measures requested ................................................................................................................ 102
F.
Compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage .................................................................. 103
G.
Costs and expenses ........................................................................................................................... 106
H.
Reimbursement of expenditure to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund .............................................. 107
I.
Method of complying with the payments ordered .............................................................................. 107
X OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS ............................................................................................................................. 108