this settlement was firm, agreed to and unpaid.202
103. The compensation awarded to Sebastián Furlan was subject to Law 23.982 of 1991,
which structured the consolidation of past obligations from cases or title prior to April 1,
1991 that consisted in the payment of sums of money. 203 This law provided two ways to
collect compensation: i) deferred payment in cash or, ii) cashing in of consolidated bonds
issued for sixteen-year terms.204
104. Bearing in mind his precarious circumstances and the need to obtain money
quickly,205 Sebastián Furlan chose to acquire consolidated bonds in local currency.206 Finally,
after a number of procedures carried out for this purpose, on February 6, 2003 the State
informed the interested party of the availability of Consolidated Bonds maturing in 2016.207
105. On March 12, 2003 the State paid 165.803 bonds to the beneficiary. That same day
Danilo Furlan sold those bonds. Bearing in mind that Sebastián Furlan had to pay his
attorney’s fees for a value of 49,740 bonds (30% of the fees) 208 and that, under the terms
of the judgment of second instance, he had to pay part of the legal costs,209 Sebastián
Furlan ultimately received 116,063 bonds, equivalent to approximately 38,300 pesos, of the
130,000 pesos ordered in the judgment.
C)
Criminal proceedings against Sebastián Furlan
106. On February 3, 1994, at which time Sebastián Furlan was 19 years old, his uncle
“reported him to the police station for hitting his grandmother, who was 84 years old.”
According to the complaint, on December 18, 1993, Sebastián Furlan came home and,
without saying a word, “hit [his grandmother] with his fist210 causing her facial injuries and
a broken right arm.”211 As a result of this incident on February 21, 1994 the Judge of the
202
Cf. Certificate of May 30, 2001 (file of appendices to the report, volume I, appendix 6, page 583).
203
Cf. Article No. 1 of Law 23.982 of 1991 (file of appendices to the report, volume I, appendix 6, page 3184)
204
Cf. Article No. 10 and 12 of Law 23.982 of 1991 (file of appendices to the report, volume I, appendix 6,
page 3184).
205
Cf. Statement by Claudio Furlan rendered at the public hearing in this case, and briefs of Danilo Furlan to
the Inter-American Commission dated March 26, 2003, July 29, 2008 and May 11, 2010 (file of appendices to the
report, volume IV, page 1776 and volume III, pages 1372 and 1226).
206
Cf. Brief of Sebastián Furlan’s attorney of June 7, 2001 (file of appendices to the report, volume I,
appendix 6, page 2335) and request for payment of consolidated debt signed by Sebastián Furlan’s attorney on
June 7, 2001 (file of appendices to the report, volume I, appendix 6, page 2390). On that date the attorney
initiated a procedure before the General Accounting Department of the Argentinean Army to obtain compensation.
207
Cf. Communication issued by the Caja de Valores S.A. (Central Securities Depositary) on February 6, 2003
(file of appendices to the report, volume I, appendix 6, page 2401). This communication indicated the availability
of 165.803 consolidation bonds in local currency, of the fourth series 2%.
208
Cf. Receipt issued by Sebastián Furlan’s attorney on March 17, 2003 (file of appendices to the report,
volume III, appendix 6, page 1218) and Agreement on Fees issued by Sebastián Furlan’s attorney on August 13,
1997 (file of appendices to the written brief containing pleadings and evidence, volume V, page 2402).
209
Cf. Judgment issued by the Civil and Commercial Chamber No.1, page 570.
210
Cf. Statement before the Comisaría de Tres de Febrero Sexta (Police Station 6 of Tres de Febrero) of
January 9, 1994 (file of appendices to the report, volume II, page 721).
211
Cf. Medical Records of Mrs. Virginia Minetti issued by Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Merced on December
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