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those made by the Organización de Trabajadores Víctimas, most of whose victims had
also signed the agreements, the Court considers it appropriate to recall the contents of
its previous Orders,9 and to repeat that the scope and content of the agreements as
regards the items paid appears in the instrument signed by the said persons;
furthermore, the criteria used by the State were described in its report, which was
forwarded to the legal representatives and a summary of which appears in the Order of
October 30, 2008.
21.
Furthermore, the Court recalls that it will only keep open the procedure to
monitor compliance with the judgment in order to receive: (a) the receipts for payment
to the victims or heirs who signed the agreements, and (b) the vouchers of the bank
deposits for those persons who have not signed the agreements or who withdrew their
consent after signing them.10
22.
The Court values the effort made by the State to make progress in complying
with the judgment. In accordance with it powers under the Convention and its Rules of
Procedure, the Court will continue monitoring compliance with the judgment in the
terms established in its Order of October 30, 2008, and will conclude this case when
the State has made all the corresponding payments and deposits as established in the
agreements and in the said Order.
THEREFORE:
THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
in exercise of its authority to monitor compliance with its own decisions, pursuant to
Articles 33, 62(1), 62(3), 65, 67 and 68(1) of the American Convention on Human
Rights, Articles 25(1) and 30 of its Statute and Articles 31(2) and 69(4) of its Rules of
Procedure,11
DECLARES THAT:
1.
In accordance with the provisions of the fourteenth considering paragraph of
this Order, the State has complied with delivering the cheques corresponding to three
of the four payments agreed in relation to the 265 victims or heirs of the 268 persons
who signed the agreements, and forwarding the corresponding receipts.
2.
In accordance with the provisions of the thirteenth considering paragraph of
this Order, the State has complied with delivering the cheques corresponding to the
9
Cf. Case of Baena Ricardo et al. v. Panama. Monitoring compliance with judgment. Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 1, 2009, sixteenth considering paragraph, and Case of Baena
Ricardo et al. v. Panama, supra note 6, seventeenth considering paragraph.
10
Cf. Case of Baena Ricardo et al. v. Panama, Monitoring compliance with judgment. Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights of October 30, 2008, fourth operative paragraph; Case of Baena
Ricardo et al. v.. Panama, supra note 9, fourth operative paragraph, and Case of Baena Ricardo et al. v.
Panama, supra note 6, fourth operative paragraph.
11
Rules of Procedure of the Court approved during its eighty-fifth regular session, held from
November 16 to 28, 2009.