91 200. The Court takes into consideration these decisions taken by the State, as they make a positive contribution to settling this dispute.168 * * * A) PECUNIARY DAMAGE 201. In this section, the Court will determine the pecuniary damage, which presumes the loss of or harm to the income of the victim, the expenditure incurred as a result of the facts, and the pecuniary consequences that have a causal link to the facts of the case sub judice.169 In this regard, it will establish a compensatory amount that seeks to repair the patrimonial consequences of the violations declared in this judgment. To decide on the claims for pecuniary damage, the Court will take into account the body of evidence in this case, its own case law, and the arguments of the parties. 202. Regarding the possible earnings that Mr. Canese failed to receive, the Court will not establish any compensation for this concept, because there are insufficient elements in the body of evidence to allow it to establish an approximate amount for the earnings Mr. Canese failed to receive, or the activities he failed to receive earnings for abroad. 203. In relation to the indirect damage alleged by the representatives, the Court will not establish any compensation for this concept, because they did not indicate any expenses incurred by Mr. Canese that had a causal link to the facts of the case, and that differed from those he assumed in relation to the procedures before the domestic judicial bodies (infra paras. 214 and 215); nor did they establish clearly the other losses of a pecuniary nature suffered by the victim, over and above the alleged loss of earnings. B) NON-PECUNIARY DAMAGE 204. Non-pecuniary damage can include the suffering and hardship caused to the direct victim and to his next of kin, the harm of objects of value that are very significant to the individual, and also changes, of a non-pecuniary nature, in the living conditions of the victim or his family. Since it is not possible to allocate a precise monetary equivalent to non-pecuniary damage, it can only be compensated in two ways in order to make integral reparation to the victims. First, by the payment of a sum of money or the granting of goods or services with a monetary value, that the Court decides by the reasonable exercise of judicial discretion and in terms of fairness. Second, by performing acts or implementing projects with public recognition or repercussion, such as broadcasting a message that officially condemns the human rights violations in question and makes a commitment to efforts designed to ensure that it does not happen again. Such acts have the effect of acknowledging 168 169 Cf. Case of “Five Pensioners”, supra note 113, para. 176. Cf. Case of the Gómez-Paquiyauri brothers, supra note 2, para. 205; Case of 19 Merchants, supra note 2, para. 236; and Case of Molina-Theissen. Reparations, supra note 2, para. 55.

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