33 4. The State did not violate the right to examine witnesses present in trial and to obtain the appearance of witnesses and expert witnesses, enshrined in Article 8(2)(f) of the American Convention, under the terms of paragraphs 65 and 66 of this Judgment. 5. The State did not violate the right embodied in Article 8(1) of the Convention of being tried by a competent court, based on the reasons mentioned in paragraphs 74 to 81 of this Judgment. 6. The State violated the right to appeal a ruling, embodied in Article 8(2)(h) of the Convention, in conjunction with Articles 1(1) and 2 therein, to the detriment of Mr. Barreto Leiva, under the terms of paragraphs 84 to 91 of this Judgment. 7. The State did not violate the right of Mr. Barreto Leiva of being tried by an impartial court, enshrined in Article 8(1) of the American Convention, based on the reasons mentioned in paragraphs 94 to 99 of this Judgment. 8. The State did not violate the right to judicial guarantees, contemplated in Article 25(1) of the American Convention, based on the reasons mentioned in paragraphs 101 to 103 of this Judgment. 9. The State violated the right to personal liberty and the right not to be subject to arbitrary detention, embodied in Articles 7(1) and 7(3) of the American Convention, in relation to Articles 1(1) and 2 therein, to the detriment of Mr. Barreto Leiva, under the terms of paragraphs 111 to 116 of this Judgment. 10. The State violated the right to personal liberty, the right to trial within a reasonable time and the right to be presumed innocent, embodied in Articles 7(1), 7(5) and 8(2) of the American Convention, in conjunction with Articles 1(1) therein, to the detriment of Mr. Barreto Leiva, under the terms of paragraphs 118 to 123 of this judgment. AND ORDERS: Unanimously that: 11. This Judgment is per se a form of reparation. 12. The State, by means of its Judiciary and according to the terms of paragraphs 128 to 131, must grant Mr. Barreto Leiva, if he so wishes, the possibility of appealing the decision and fully reviewing the condemnatory judgment to which this Judgment makes reference (supra para. 22). If the court decides that the conviction was according to the Law, such court shall not impose an additional punishment on the victim and it shall reiterate that the victim has already complied with all the convictions imposed in due time. If, however, the court decides that Mr. Barreto Leiva is innocent or that the conviction imposed on him was not according to the Law, the court shall order appropriate measures of reparations for the time that Mr. Barreto Leiva was deprived of liberty and for all the pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage caused to him. This obligation must be complied with within a reasonable time. 13. The State must, within a reasonable time and according to paragraphs 133 and 134 of this Judgment, adapt its domestic legal system, in order to guarantee the right to review by a higher court, according to Article 8(2)(h) of the Convention, to every person tried for a crime, even to those persons who enjoy a special judicial privilege

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