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an amount of money in equity,96 taking into consideration that international case law has
repeatedly held that the judgment is in and of itself a form of redress.97
204. Consequently, the Court deems it appropriate to set in equity the sum of US$
100,000.00 (a hundred thousand United States dollars) as compensation for the nonpecuniary damages caused to Mr. Bueno-Alves as a result of the violations of his human
rights as determined in this Judgment.
205. As for Tomasa Alves-De Lima, Inés María del Carmen Afonso-Fernández, Ivonne
Miriam Bueno, Verónica Inés Bueno, and Juan Francisco Bueno, the victim’s next of kin held
to be victims in the instant case, the Court refers to the conclusions reached in the chapter
regarding the violation of their right to humane treatment (supra para. 104) and deems it
advisable to order in equity,98 the payment of US$ 10,000.00 (ten thousand United States
dollars) to each of them, as compensation for non-pecuniary damages.
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206. Thus, the compensatory amounts set by the Court for non-pecuniary damages are as
follows:
Beneficiaries
Juan Francisco Bueno-Alves
Tomasa Alves de Lima (mother)
Inés María del Carmen Afonso-Fernández (ex wife)
Juan Francisco Bueno (son)
Ivonne Miriam Bueno (daughter)
Verónica Inés Bueno (daughter)
Total:
Amount
US$ 100,000.00
US$ 10,000.00
US$ 10,000.00
US$ 10,000.00
US$ 10,000.00
US$ 10,000.00
US$ 150,000.00
207. The State shall pay the compensatory amounts set for non-pecuniary damages
directly to the beneficiaries, within one year as from notice of this Judgment, under the
terms set forth in paragraphs 222 and 223 infra.
C)
Measures of satisfaction and non-repetition guarantees
208. In this subparagraph, the Court will determine those measures of satisfaction aimed
at redressing non-pecuniary damages, which will include measures to be publicly made
known.
a)
Obligation to investigate the facts which gave rise to the violations of the
instant case
96
Cf. Case of La Cantuta, supra note 14, para. 228; Case of the Miguel Castro-Castro Prison, supra note 14,
paras. 440 and 441; and Case of Vargas-Areco, supra note 14, paras. 153, 155, and 156.
97
Cf. Case of La Cantuta, supra note 14, para. 219; Case of the Miguel Castro-Castro Prison, supra note 14,
para. 431, and Case of Dismissed Congressional Employees (Aguado-Alfaro et al.), supra note 19, para. 147.
98
Cf. Case of La Cantuta, supra note 14, para. 219; Case of the Miguel Castro-Castro Prison, supra note 14,
para. 432, and Case of Dismissed Congressional Employees (Aguado-Alfaro et al.), supra note 19, para. 151.
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