CONTENTS
I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND CAUSE OF ACTION.................................. 3
II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ............................................................. 4
III JURISDICTION ........................................................................................... 5
IV RECOGNITION OF RESPONSIBILITY ........................................................... 5
A.
Recognition of responsibility by the State and observations by the representatives and the
Commission ........................................................................................................................... 5
B.
Considerations of the Court ..................................................................................................... 7
B.1.
B.2.
B.3.
B.4.
The facts.............................................................................................................................. 7
Claims of law ........................................................................................................................ 8
Reparations .......................................................................................................................... 8
Analysis of the recognition of responsibility .............................................................................. 9
V EVIDENCE .................................................................................................. 10
A.
Admissibility of documentary evidence .................................................................................... 10
B.
Admissibility of evidence by witnesses and expert witnesses ...................................................... 10
VI FACTS ....................................................................................................... 10
A.
Context of serious human rights violations under the national security doctrine in Honduras.......... 11
B.
The death of Herminio Deras García ....................................................................................... 12
C.
Facts about the family of Herminio Deras García ...................................................................... 14
D.
The criminal proceedings ....................................................................................................... 19
VII MERITS ................................................................................................... 20
VIII REPARATIONS ....................................................................................... 23
A.
Injured Party ....................................................................................................................... 24
B.
Obligation to investigate the facts and identify, prosecute and, if applicable, sanction those
responsible .......................................................................................................................... 24
C.
Measure of restitution ........................................................................................................... 26
D.
Measures of rehabilitation ..................................................................................................... 26
E.
Measures of satisfaction ........................................................................................................ 27
E.1. Publication and dissemination of the judgment........................................................................ 27
E.2. Public act of recognition of international responsibility ............................................................. 28
E.3. Construction of a mausoleum ............................................................................................... 28
F.
Guarantees of non-recurrence................................................................................................ 28
F.1. National policy on historical memory ...................................................................................... 29
F.2. Amendment of the Honduran criminal code ............................................................................ 30
F.3. Policy to preserve archives and sites ...................................................................................... 30
F.4. Primary and secondary education .......................................................................................... 30
F.5. Other measures requested ................................................................................................... 31
G.
Compensation ...................................................................................................................... 31
H.
Costs and expenses .............................................................................................................. 34
I.
Means of payment ................................................................................................................ 36
IX OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS ........................................................................ 37