CASE OF NADEGE DORZEMA ET AL. v. THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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INTRODUCTION TO THE CASE AND PURPOSE OF THE DISPUTE
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II.
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ………………………………………………
III. JURISDICTION …………………………………………………………………………………
IV.
EVIDENCE ……………………………………………………………………………………………
A. Documentary, testimonial, expert evidence …………………………………
B. Admission of the evidence ……………………………………………………………
1. Admission of the documentary evidence …………………………………
2. Admission of the statements of the presumed victims of the
testimonial evidence …………………………………………………………………
V.
PRIOR CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE PRESUMED VICTIMS …
A. Arguments ……………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Considerations of the Court …………………………………………………………………
1. Request to increase the number of presumed surviving victims …
2. Request to increase of the number of next of kin of the deceased
presumed victims …………………………………………………………………………
3. Request to include the next of kin of the surviving victims as
presumed victims ………………………………………………………………………
VI.
PROVEN FACTS ……………………………………………………………………
A. Contextual background …………………………………………………………………
B. Facts of the case ……………………………………………………………………………
1. Pursuit and incident …………………………………………………………………
2. Reaction of the authorities to the incident ……………………………
3. Detention and expulsion …………………………………………………………
4. Regarding the proceeding before the military jurisdiction ……
5. Regarding the proceeding in the ordinary jurisdiction …………
VII.
RIGHTS AFFECTED ………………………………………………………………..
VII-1. RIGHTS TO LIFE AND TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY …………………
A. Arguments……………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Considerations of the Court ………………………………………………………………
1. Preventive actions: legality and exceptionality of the use of force in
relation to the obligation of guarantee ……………………………………………
2. Actions accompanying the events: legality, necessity and
proportionality in relation to the obligation of respect ……………………
a. The use of force in the case ……………………………………………………
b. Arbitrary deprivation of life ………………………………………………………
c. Extrajudicial executions ………………………………………………………………
d. Harm to the personal integrity of the survivors …………………………
3. Actions subsequent to the events: due diligence and humane
treatment in relation to the obligation to guarantee the right to life
and to personal integrity …………………………………………………………………
a. Due diligence ………………………………………………………………………………
b. Treatment of the survivors …………………………………………………………
c. Treatment of the deceased and their corpses ……………………………
VII-2. RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY, TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES,
AND TO FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT…………………………………………
A. Right to personal liberty ………………………………………………………………
1. Arguments ………………………………………………………………………………
2. Considerations of the Court ………………………………
B. Freedom of movement, collective expulsion and right to judicial
guarantees ……………………………………………………………………………………
1. Arguments ………………………………………………………………………………
2. Considerations of the Court ……………………………………………………
a. Protection of migrants ……………………………………………………
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