Contents
I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND CAUSE OF ACTION ................................... 3
II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT .............................................................. 4
III JURISDICTION ........................................................................................... 5
IV RECOGNITION OF RESPONSIBILITY ............................................................ 5
A.
Partial recognition of responsibility by the State and observations by the representatives and the
Commission.................................................................................................................................... 5
B.
B.1.
B.2.
B.3.
B.4.
Considerations of the Court ...................................................................................................... 5
The facts .............................................................................................................................. 6
The law ................................................................................................................................ 6
Reparations........................................................................................................................... 6
Assessment of the acquiescence .............................................................................................. 6
V EVIDENCE ..................................................................................................... 7
A.
Admissibility of documentary evidence ...................................................................................... 7
B.
Admissibility of evidence by witnesses and expert witnesses......................................................... 8
VI FACTS .......................................................................................................... 8
A.
Relevant regulatory framework ................................................................................................. 8
B.
Background ......................................................................................................................... 12
C.
The process by which Mr. Aguinaga Aillón was appointed to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal ........... 12
D.
Dismissal of Mr. Aguinaga from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal .................................................. 13
E.
Remedies available to challenge Congressional Resolution 25-160............................................... 14
VII MERITS .................................................................................................... 15
VII-1 RIGHT TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES, RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN
GOVERNMENT, RIGHT TO WORK, AND RIGHT TO JUDICIAL PROTECTION,
READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBLIGATION TO RESPECT RIGHTS AND
THE OBLIGATION TO ADOPT DOMESTIC LEGAL EFFECTS ................................ 15
A.
Arguments of the parties and observations of the Commission .................................................... 15
A.1. Arguments on judicial independence, judicial guarantees, freedom from ex post facto laws, and right
to participate in government ........................................................................................................ 15
A.2. Arguments on the right to appeal the decision and the right to judicial protection ......................... 17
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................................... 17
B.1 Judicial independence, judicial guarantees, the right to participate in government, and the right to
work ......................................................................................................................................... 19
B.2. Right to judicial protection .................................................................................................... 33
VIII REPARATIONS ........................................................................................ 34
A.
Injured party ....................................................................................................................... 35
B. Measures of restitution ............................................................................................................... 35
C. Measures of satisfaction ............................................................................................................. 36
D. Other measures requested ......................................................................................................... 36
E. Compensatory damages ............................................................................................................. 37
E(1). Pecuniary damages............................................................................................................. 37
E(2). Nonpecuniary damages ....................................................................................................... 38
F. Costs and expenses ................................................................................................................... 39
G. Method of compliance with the payments ordered ......................................................................... 40
IX OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS ......................................................................... 41
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