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shown sufficient evidence to support a claim of substantial costs and expenses related to
the domestic and international proceedings. In accordance with the Court’s own analysis of
said receipts, and based on reasonable and equitable grounds, the Tribunal hereby orders
the State to reimburse directly to the Association of Saramaka Authorities the amount of
US$ 70.000,00 (seventy thousand United States dollars).
E)
TERMS OF COMPLIANCE OF MONETARY REPARATIONS
208. The State must allocate at least US$ 225.000,00 (two hundred and twenty five
thousand United States dollars) for the purposes of the development fund mentioned in
paragraphs 199 and 201 within one year from the notification of the present Judgment, and
the total amount must be allocated within three years from the notification of this
Judgment.
209. The payments ordered in paragraphs 206 and 207 as reimbursement for costs and
expenses incurred by the representatives shall be made directly to each organization within
six months from the date of notification of this Judgment.
210. The State may fulfill its pecuniary obligations by tendering United States Dollars or
an equivalent amount in the currency of the State, which will be calculated according to the
current exchange rate at the New York stock exchange, United States of America, on the
day before payment is made.
211. The amounts set forth in the present Judgment as compensations for material and
immaterial damage and reimbursement of costs and expenses may not be affected, reduced
or conditioned by tax laws currently in force or to take effect in the future.
212. Should the State fall behind in its establishment of the development fund,
Surinamese banking default interest rates shall be paid on the amount owed.
213. In accordance with its constant practice, the Court retains its authority, inherent to
its attributions and derived from the provisions of 65 of the American Convention, to
monitor full execution of this Judgment. The instant case shall be closed once the State has
fully complied with the provisions ordered herein. Within one year from the notification of
the instant Judgment, Suriname shall submit a report to the Court on the measures adopted
in compliance therewith.
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OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS
214.
Therefore,
THE COURT
DECLARES,
Unanimously that:
1.
The State violated, to the detriment of the members of the Saramaka people, the
right to property, as recognized in Article 21 of the American Convention on Human Rights,
in relation to the obligations to respect, ensure, and to give domestic legal effect to said
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