24 by officials of the State, or they corroborate aspects pertaining to the instant case.12 Assessment of the Testimony and Expert Opinions 47. With regard to the statements rendered by the witnesses offered by the Commission, the representatives and the State in the instant case (supra para. 39(a), 39(b), 39(c), 39(d), 39(e), 39(f) and 39(g)), the Court admits them insofar as they are in accordance with the object of the examination established by the President in his January 31, 2005 Order (supra para. 14) and gives them evidentiary value. 48. In this regard, this Court deems that the testimony of Esteban López, Tomás Galeano and Inocencia Gómez (supra para. 39(a), 39(b) and 39(c)), since they are alleged victims and have a direct interest in this case, cannot be assessed in an isolated manner, but rather in the context of all the evidence in the proceeding. For the reasons already stated by the Court (supra para. 43), said testimony is useful in the instant case.13 * * * 49. For the aforementioned reasons, the Court will appraise the evidentiary value of the documents, statements, and expert opinions submitted in writing or rendered before the Court. The evidence submitted during the proceeding has been integrated into a single body of evidence, which is considered as a whole.14 VI PROVEN FACTS 50. After examining the documentary evidence, the statements of the witnesses, the expert opinions of the expert witnesses, as well as the statements by the InterAmerican Commission, the representatives and the State in the course of the instant proceeding, this Court deems the following facts proven: a) Background: i. The Yakye Axa Indigenous Community 50.1. The Yakye Axa Community (“Isla de Palmas”) is an indigenous community that is part of the Southern Lengua Enxet people.15 The Southern Lengua Enxet, like 12 See Case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters, supra note 2, para. 43; Case of Lori Berenson Mejía, supra note 2, para. 80, and Case of De La Cruz Flores, supra note 10, para. 70. 13 See Case of Caesar, supra note 2, para. 47, Case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters, supra note 2, para. 45, and Case of Lori Berenson Mejía, supra note 2, para. 78. 14 See Case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters, supra note 2, para. 46; Case of Lori Berenson Mejía, supra note 2, para. 87, and Case of Carpio Nicolle et al.. Judgment of November 22, 2004. Series C. No. 117, para. 75. 15 See anthropological report on the “Yakye Axa” (Loma Verde) Community of the Enxet-Lengua people. Anthropological Studies Center at Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 9, volumes 1272 to 1277); book entitled “II Censo Nacional Indígena de población y viviendas 2002. Pueblos Indígenas del Paraguay. Resultados finales”, Presidency of the Republic, Technical Planning Secretariat. Paraguay, 2002 (file with documents submitted during the

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