7.
The Commission considered that, based on the information submitted by the parties,
this aspect of the Judgment had been fulfilled.
8.
Panama has provided the payment vouchers that prove that, on June 10, 2011, Mr.
Vélez Loor received the payment ordered for specialized medical attention and psychological
treatment, as well as for medicines and other future related expenses. Consequently, and
also based on the conformity expressed by the parties, this Court finds that the twelfth
operative paragraph of the Judgment has been complied with. In addition, it assesses
positively the State’s efforts to comply with the obligation ordered in this aspect of the
Judgment within the six months established to this end.
b)
Obligation to make the publications established in the Judgment
(thirteenth operative paragraph of the Judgment)
9.
The State advised that on March 6 and May 16, 2012, respectively, it had published
the official summary of the Judgment in the Panamanian national newspaper “La Estrella,”
as well as in the newspaper “El Universo” of Ecuador. It also indicated that the publication of
the entire judgment could be found following the link Caso Vélez Loor vs. Panama.
Sentencia de 23 de noviembre de 2010, in the Human Rights section of the official web
page: www.mire.gob.pa. Furthermore, it reported that, on April 17, 2012, the Judgment
had been published in Official Gazette No. 27016, with the respective headings and subheadings, without the footnotes, together with the operative paragraphs, and this can be
found on the webpage: www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa.
10.
The representatives indicated that the information available revealed that the State
had indeed published the summary of the Judgment in a newspaper with widespread
circulation in Panama and another in Ecuador and that, currently, the Judgment delivered in
this case was available on an official web page. In addition, the State had published the
Judgment of the Court in the Official Gazette of the State of Panama with the respective
headings and sub-headings, without the footnotes, together with the operative paragraphs.
Therefore, the State had complied with this measure of reparation.
11.
The Commission considered that, based on the information submitted, the State had
complied with this measure of reparation.
12.
The information available indicates that the State has complied with the publication
of the Judgment in digital Official Gazette No. 27016 of April 17, 2012,6 in the terms
established by the Court. Furthermore, copies of the publication of the official summary of
the Judgment made in a newspaper with widespread circulation in Panama and another in
Ecuador were provided. The State has also published the entire Judgment on an official web
6
A note of the Secretariat of the Court of July 24, 2012, confirmed that, in the State’s report of May 21,
2012 (supra having seen paragraph 2), the State advised that “[t]he Judgment […] delivered by the Court was
published in Official Gazette No. 27016 of April 17, 2012, […]” without the State having “forwarded the respective
proof of this publication. However, a publication that refers to the judgment in the Case of Vélez Loor v. Panama
appears on the webpage of the digital Official Gazette.” Therefore, the Court proceeded to incorporate the said
publication ex officio into the body of evidence in this case and asked the parties, if they considered it pertinent, to
submit their observations in this regard. In response, in a brief of August 30, 2012, the representatives indicated
“that it is the State’s obligation to demonstrate compliance with the reparations ordered in a judgment of the […]
Court,” and that “this information is essential for the satisfactory evolution of the process of monitoring
judgments.” In addition, they expressed their “concern owing to the practice of the State of Panama of submitting
incomplete reports to the […] Court, without the attachments to substantiate its assertions.” In a brief of
September 20, 2012, the State advised that the said publication was available on the following webpage of the
Official Gazette: http://www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa/pdfTemp/27016/37529.pdf (last visited February 13, 2013).
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