54 2. The State violated, to the detriment of Yvon Neptune, the right to personal liberty established in Article 7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(4) and 7(5) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to the obligation to respect and guarantee this right, established in Article 1(1) thereof, in the terms of paragraphs 89 to 123 of this judgment. 3. The State did not violate, to the detriment of Yvon Neptune, the right to freedom from ex post facto laws established in Article 9 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in the terms of paragraphs 125 and 126 of this judgment. 4. The State violated, to the detriment of Yvon Neptune, the right to humane treatment established in Article 5(1), 5(2) and 5(4) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) thereof, in the terms of paragraphs 129 a 151 of this judgment. AND DECIDES: unanimously that: 5. This judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation, in the terms of paragraph 66 hereof. 6. The State shall adopt the necessary judicial and any other measures to ensure that, as soon as possible the juridical situation of Yvon Neptune is totally defined in relation to the criminal proceedings filed against him. If the State decides to submit him to further proceedings, they shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable legal and constitutional procedures, satisfy the requirements of due process, and fully respect the guarantees of the right to defense of the accused, in the terms of the American Convention, as indicated in paragraphs 173 to 177 of this judgment. 7. The State shall adopt, as soon as possible, the legislative and any other measures to regulate the procedures relating to the High Court of Justice, so that the respective competences, procedural norms, and minimum guarantees of due process are defined, in the terms of paragraphs 178 and 179 of this judgment. 8. The State shall publish once in the official gazette and in another national newspaper with widespread coverage, paragraphs 1 to 10, 16 to 21, 36 to 155, 161, 163, 167, 168 and 170 to 183 of this judgment and its operative paragraphs, in the terms of paragraph 180 hereof. 9. The State shall adopt, within a reasonable time, the necessary legislative, administrative and any other measures to substantially improve the conditions of the Haitian prisons, adapting them to international human rights norms, in the terms of paragraphs 181 to 183 of this judgment. 10. The State shall make the payment of the amounts established in this judgment for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and the reimbursement of costs and expense, in the terms of paragraphs 161, 163, 164, 168, 169, 186 and 187 to 191 hereof.

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