107 into account the specific circumstances of the US$80,000.00 (eighty thousand United States dollars). instant case, b) since it has been proven that Mrs. Harbury’s health suffered as a consequence of the facts in the instant case,58 the Court deems it appropriate to set as compensation US$25,000.00 (twenty-five thousand United States dollars). c) an amount of money in accordance with the expenses incurred by Jennifer Harbury to determine the whereabouts of Mr. Bámaca Velásquez.59 This Court notes that while not all the necessary receipts have been supplied to corroborate the total amount of said expenses, the facts of the case show, and the State itself has accepted, that Mrs. Harbury incurred a number of monetary expenses in searching for the whereabouts of her husband, for which reason this Court deems it equitable to grant her US$ 20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States dollars). 55. Based on the above, the Court sets as compensation for pecuniary damages caused by the violations declared in the November 25, 2000 judgment, the following amounts: Reparation for pecuniary damages Lost Search Medical income expenses expenses Efraín Bámaca Velásquez Jennifer Harbury US$100,000. 00 US$80,000.0 0 US$20,000. 00 US$25,000.00 Total US$100,000. 00 US $125,000.00 US$ 225,000.00 TOTAL * * * B) NON PECUNIARY DAMAGES 56. The Court will now consider the prejudicial effects of the facts of the case that are not economic or patrimonial. Non pecuniary damages can include the suffering and affliction caused to the direct victims and their relatives, detriment to values that are very significant for individuals, as well as non-monetary alterations in the conditions of existence of the victim or the victim’s family. As it is not possible to assign a precise monetary equivalent to non-pecuniary damages, for purposes of 58 See Cantoral Benavides Case, Reparations, supra note 5, para. 51.a); Villagrán Morales et al. Case, Reparations, supra note 5, para. 80; and Paniagua Morales et al. Case, Reparations, supra note 5, para. 138. 59 See Paniagua Morales et al. Case, Reparations, supra note 5, para. 98; Blake Case. Reparations (Art. 63(1) American Convention on Human Rights). January 22, 1999 Judgment. C Series No. 48, para. 48 and 49; and Castillo Páez Case, Reparations, supra note 6, para. 77.

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