unanimously: 1. To reject the preliminary objections filed by the State concerning the failure to exhaust domestic remedies and the lack of competence ratione personae, in the terms of paragraphs 30 to 34 and 52 to 57 of this Judgment. 2. To admit partially the preliminary objection of lack of competence ratione temporis of the Court in relation to certain facts and acts, in the terms of paragraphs 40 to 47 of this Judgment. DECLARES, unanimously that: 3. The State violated the rights to recognition of juridical personality, to nationality and to a name recognized in Articles 3, 20 and 18 of the American Convention on Human Rights, as well as the right to identity, owing to the said violations taken as a whole, in relation to the obligation to respect rights without discrimination established in Article 1(1) of the Convention, to the detriment of Willian Medina Ferreras, Awilda Medina, Luis Ney Medina, Carolina Isabel Medina and Rafaelito Pérez Charles, and also in relation to the rights of the child recognized in Article 19 of the Convention to the detriment of the victims who were children at the time of the facts, in the terms of paragraphs 272 to 276 of this Judgment. 4. The State violated the rights to recognition of juridical personality, to nationality and to a name recognized in Articles 3, 20 and 18 of the American Convention on Human Rights, as well as the right to identity, owing to the said violations taken as a whole, in relation to the obligation to respect rights without discrimination established in Article 1(1) of the Convention, to the detriment of Victor Jean, Miguel Jean, Victoria Jean and Natalie Jean, and also in relation to the rights of the child recognized in Article 19 of this instrument to the detriment of the victims who were children at the time of the facts and after March 25, 1999, in the terms of paragraphs 277 to 301 of this Judgment. 5. The State violated the right to personal liberty recognized in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to the failure to comply with the obligation to respect rights without discrimination established in Article 1(1) of the Convention, to the detriment of Willian Medina Ferreras, Lilia Jean Pierre, Luis Ney Medina, Awilda Medina, Carolina Isabel Medina, Jeanty Fils-Aimé, Janise Midi, Antonio Fils-Aimé, Diane Fils-Aimé, Endry Fils-Aimé, Rafaelito Pérez Charles, Bersson Gelin, Victor Jean, Marlene Mesidor, Markenson Jean, Victoria Jean, Miguel Jean and Natalie Jean, and also in relation to the rights of the child recognized in Article 19 of the Convention to the detriment of the victims who were children at the time of the facts, in the terms of paragraphs 364 to 380, and 400 to 405 of this Judgment. 6. The State violated the prohibition of the collective expulsion of aliens established in Article 22(9) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to the failure to comply with the obligation to respect rights without discrimination established in Article 1(1) of the Convention, to the detriment of the victims of Haitian nationality: Lilia Jean Pierre, Janise Midi, Marlene Mesidor and Markenson Jean, and also in relation to the rights of the child recognized in Article 19 of the Convention to the detriment of Markenson Jean who was a child at the time of the facts, in the terms of paragraphs 381 to 384, 400 to 404 and 406 of this Judgment. In addition, the State violated the right to freedom of movement and residence, and the prohibition to expel nationals recognized in Articles 156