78 IX REPARATIONS (Application of Article 63(1) of the American Convention) 255. Pursuant to the terms of Article 63(1) of the American Convention,296 the Court has indicated that any violation of an international obligation that has caused damage entails the duty to provide adequate reparation297 and that “this provision reflects a common-law norm that is one of the fundamental principles of contemporary international law regarding the responsibility of the State.”298 256. Furthermore, the Tribunal has established that the reparations must have a causal link with the facts of the case, the alleged violations, the proven damages, as well as with the measures requested to repair the respective damages. Therefore, the Court must observe such concurrence in order to duly declare according to law.299 257. In consideration of the violations of the American Convention and the InterAmerican Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture so declared in the preceding chapters, the Tribunal shall address the requests for reparations made by the Commission and the representatives, as well as the State’s observations thereof, in light of the criteria embodied in the Court’s jurisprudence in connection with the nature and scope of the obligation to make reparations,300 in order to adopt the measures required to redress the damage caused to the victim. 258. When ordering the measures of reparation in the instant case, the Court shall take into account that Mr. Vélez Loor is not a national of nor resident of the State of Panama and that, in light of his situation as arrested migrant, at the time of the events, he was in a special situation of vulnerability (supra paras. 28, 132, and 207). A. Injured Party 259. This Tribunal considers as injured party, pursuant to Article 63(1) of the Convention, the person who has been declared to be the victim of the violation of some of the rights enshrined in the Convention. In the instant case, the victim is Mr. Jesus Tranquilino Vélez Loor, who shall be considered to be the beneficiary of the reparations ordered by this Tribunal. B. Measures of rehabilitation, satisfaction, duty to investigate, and guarantees of non-repetition 260. The Commission considered it was relevant for the Tribunal to order the Panamanian State to implement measures of satisfaction and rehabilitation. It 296 Article 63(1) of the Convention provides that “[I]f the Court finds that there has been a violation of a right or freedom protected by [this] Convention, the Court shall rule that the injured party be ensured the enjoyment of his right or freedom that was violated. It shall also rule, if appropriate, that the consequences of the measure or situation that constituted the breach of such right or freedom be remedied and that fair compensation be paid to the injured party". 297 Cf. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of July 21, 1989. Series C No. 7, para. 25; Case of Ibsen Cárdenas and Ibsen Peña, supra note 28, para. 231, and Case of Rosendo Cantú et al., supra note 27, para. 203. 298 Cf. Case of the “Street Children” (Villagrán Morales et al.) v. Guatemala. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of May 26, 2001. Series C No. 77, para. 62; Case of Ibsen Cárdenas and Ibsen Peña, supra note 28, para. 231, and Case of Rosendo Cantú et al., supra note 27, para. 203. 299 Cf. Case of Ticona Estrada v. Bolivia. Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of November 27, 2008. Series C No. 191, para. 110; Case of Ibsen Cárdenas and Ibsen Peña, supra note 28, para. 262, and Case of Rosendo Cantú et al., supra note 27, para. 204. 300 Cf. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez, supra note 297, paras. 25 a 27; Case of Garrido and Baigorria, supra note 198, para. 43, and Case of the “White Van” (Paniagua Morales et al.), supra note 48, paras. 76 a 79.