54 review of facts as well as law, in which they stated that the Community and its members had not consented to the process of granting the concession, that the remedy “[was] filed against actions which [were] being committed currently, as the Community and its members [became] aware of new violations on a daily basis”, and that therefore the thirty days to file the amparo remedy “could […] begin to be counted as of the last violation which the members of the Community [were] aware of”; 33 p.iv) on February 27, 1997 the Constitutional Panel of the Supreme Court of Justice dismissed the amparo application appealing for review of facts as well as law, based on the same reasons argued by the Civil Panel of the Appellate Court of the Sixth Region of Matagalpa (supra para. 103.p.ii); 34 q. Amparo remedy filed by members of the Regional Council of the RAAN: q.i) on March 29, 1996, Alfonso Smith Warman and Humberto Thompson Sang, members of the Regional Council of the RAAN, filed an amparo remedy before the Appellate Court of Matagalpa, against Claudio Gutiérrez, Minister of MARENA, and Alejandro Láinez, Director of the National Forestry Administration of MARENA, for having “signed and authorized” the logging concession to SOLCARSA, without it having been discussed and evaluated by the plenary of the Regional Council of the RAAN, thus breaching article 181 of the Constitution of Nicaragua. In that remedy, they requested that implementation of the concession be suspended, and that the concession be annulled;35 q.ii) on April 9, 1996, the Civil Panel of the Appellate Court of Matagalpa admitted the amparo remedy filed, ordered that the Attorney General of the Republic be informed, warned the officials against whom the remedy had been filed that they should submit reports on their actions to the Supreme Court of Justice, and summoned the parties to appear before the latter Court 33 cfr. appeal for review of facts as well as law, filed on September 21, 1995 before the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua by María Luisa Acosta Castellón, as legal representative of the Awas Tingni Community; and judgment No. 11, of February 27, 1997, by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua on the amparo remedy filed on September 11, 1995, before the Appellate Court of Matagalpa by María Luisa Acosta Castellón, as special agent for Jaime Castillo Felipe, Marcial Salomón Sebastián and Siriaco Castillo Fenley, Syndic and Deputy Syndics, respectively, of the Awas Tingni Mayagna Community, against Milton Caldera Cardenal, Minister of MARENA, Roberto Araquistain, Director of the National Forestry Service of MARENA, and Alejandro Láinez, Director of the National Forestry Administration of MARENA. 34 cfr. judgment No. 11, of February 27, 1997, by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua on the amparo remedy filed on September 11, 1995, before the Appellate Court of Matagalpa by María Luisa Acosta Castellón, as special agent for Jaime Castillo Felipe, Marcial Salomón Sebastián and Siriaco Castillo Fenley, Syndic and Deputy Syndics, respectively, of the Awas Tingni Mayagna Community, against Milton Caldera Cardenal, Minister of MARENA, Roberto Araquistain, Director of the National Forestry Service of MARENA, and Alejandro Láinez, Director of the National Forestry Administration of MARENA; and judicial notification document of February 28, 1997, in which María Luisa Acosta Castellón is notified of judgment No. 11 of February 27, 1997, by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme court of Justice of Nicaragua. 35 cfr. judgment No. 12, of February 27, 1997, by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua on the amparo remedy filed on March 29, 1997, before the Appellate Court of Matagalpa by Alfonso Smith Warman and Humberto Thompson Sang, members of the Regional Council of the RAAN, against Claudio Gutiérrez, Minister of MARENA, and Alejandro Láinez, Director of the National Forestry Administration of MARENA.

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