-113C) NON PECUNIARY DAMAGE 308. Non pecuniary damage may include distress and suffering caused the direct victims and their relations, tampering with the victim’s core values as well as and the alterations of a non pecuniary nature in the persons’ or their families’ living conditions. As it is impossible to assess the value of the non pecuniary damage sustained in a precise equivalent in money, full reparation to the victims in such cases must be effected only by paying the victim an amount of money or by delivering property or services the worth of which may be established in money, such as the Court may determine exercising reasonably its judicial discretion and applying equitable standards, or by actions or works reaching the general public, the effect of which be to recognize the victim’s dignity and to avoid new violations of human rights.177 The first aspect of reparation of non pecuniary damage will be analyzed in this section and the second one in section D) of this Chapter. 309. The judgment, according to repeated international precedents, constitutes, in and of itself, a form of reparation.178 310. The Court deems it necessary to establish a compensation for non pecuniary damage sustained by the victims who are the beneficiaries of orders of amparo directing reinstatement that have not been complied with (supra paras. 232, 235, 236, 245, 249 and 253). Non-compliance with the judgments acknowledging the rights of the victims resulted in serious consequences to their professional, personal and family life. 311. Owing to the fact that the workers have not been reinstated to their jobs or to similar positions, something which resulted in their not being able to exercise the right to work under decent and just conditions and to be paid a remuneration in consideration thereof that would enable the victims and their next of kin to enjoy a decent standard of living, the workers were deprived of access to economic welfare and to the means that would allow them to provide their next of kin with better health, housing and educational conditions, among other things. Besides, the Court takes into account that the failure to reinstate the workers to their positions has a direct impact on the mood of the unemployed individuals, affecting their personal and family relationships, and lowering their self-esteem. 312. Considering the various aspects of the non pecuniary damage caused, the Court, determines, on equitable grounds, the value of compensations in the amount of US$ 3,000 (three thousand United States Dollars) or the equivalent amount in Peruvian currency, that the State must pay, within fifteen months, to the victims having obtained orders of amparo directing reinstatement that have not been complied with, or to their successors, as provided in paragraphs 210 to 236, 242 to 270 and 272 to 275 of this Judgment. D) OTHER FORMS OF REPARATION 177 Cf. Case of Blanco-Romero et al, supra note 24, para. 86; Case of García-Asto and Ramírez-Rojas, supra note 16, para. 276; and Case of Gómez-Palomino, supra note 21, para. 130. 178 Cf. Case of Blanco-Romero et al, supra note 24, para. 87; Case of García-Asto and Ramírez-Rojas, supra note 16, para. 268, and Case of Gómez-Palomino, supra note 21, para. 131.

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