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relationships, and to the emotional impact and financial consequences of Jesús María
Valle Jaramillo's death for the Valle Jaramillo family. He also referred to the fact that
the State had not granted any financial compensation to the Valle Jaramillo family
and to the reparations he considered should be made;
(g)
Rafael Bustamante Pérez, witness proposed by the State, is a lawyer and
Director for Human Rights of the Ministry of the Interior and Justice. He testified
about the nature, structure, and coverage of the Ministry’s human rights protection
program;
(h)
Jairo Alberto Cano Pabón, witness proposed by the State, is Comptroller
General. His informative statement referred to the documentation and arguments
provided by the representatives of the alleged victims with regard to the scale of the
productive and commercial activities of Carlos Fernando Jaramillo Correa and his
direct nuclear family; and
(i)
José G. Patiño Escobar, witness proposed by the State, is Assistant Manager
of Productive and Social Development of the Colombian Rural Development Institute
(INCODER). His informative statement referred to the agricultural expert opinion
offered by the representatives as evidence in this case, emphasizing the technical
parameters used to calculate production costs, production indicators, income,
indirect damage, and loss of earnings.
51.
During the public hearing in the instant case, the Court received the statements of
the following witnesses, expert witnesses, and informative deponent:
(a)
Nelly Valle Jaramillo, alleged victim and witness proposed by the Commission.
She testified, inter alia, about the facts that occurred on February 27, 1998; the
alleged obstacles faced by Jesús María Valle Jaramillo’s family in the search for
justice, and the consequences of the facts of this case on her personal life and on the
family of Jesús María Valle Jaramillo;
(b)
Carlos Fernando Jaramillo, alleged victim and witness proposed by the
Commission. He testified, inter alia, about the circumstances in which he was
displaced within the country and, subsequently, forced to go into exile as a result of
his collaboration with the investigations into the human rights violations that are the
subject of this case;
(c)
Beatriz Eugenia Jaramillo de González, witness proposed by the
representatives, member of the “Héctor Abad Gómez” Permanent Human Rights
Committee, accompanied Jesús María Valle at his last meeting with the then
Governor of Antioquia before [Valle Jaramillo] was murdered. She testified about the
socio-political context and the human rights situation in Antioquia that led to the
alleged threats and subsequent murder of Jesús María Valle, as well as other aspects
related to the context of the facts of this case;
(d)
Rainer Huhle, expert witness proposed by the representatives, expert in
international human rights law and staff member of the United Nations Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia at the time of the facts. He
testified on the alleged danger for those who worked as human rights defenders in
Colombia at the time of the facts of this case, and on the application of, or failure to
apply, the recommendations and principles relating to the protection of the work of
human rights defenders in Colombia;