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8.
The State violated the right to personal integrity recognized in Article 5(1) and
5(2) of the American Convention, in connection to Article 1(1) thereof, due to the
suffering caused to Irma Monreal Jaime, Benigno Herrera Monreal, Adrián Herrera
Monreal, Juan Antonio Herrera Monreal, Cecilia Herrera Monreal, Zulema Montijo
Monreal, Erick Montijo Monreal, Juana Ballín Castro, Irma Josefina González Rodríguez,
Mayela Banda González, Gema Iris González, Karla Arizbeth Hernández Banda,
Jacqueline Hernández, Carlos Hernández Llamas, Benita Monárrez Salgado, Claudia
Ivonne Ramos Monárrez, Daniel Ramos Monárrez, Ramón Antonio Aragón Monárrez,
Claudia Dayana Bermúdez Ramos, Itzel Arely Bermúdez Ramos, Paola Alexandra
Bermúdez Ramos, and Atziri Geraldine Bermúdez Ramos, in the terms of paragraphs
413 to 424 of this Judgment.
9.
The State violated the right to personal integrity contained in Article 5(1) and
5(2) of the American Convention, in connection to Article 1(1) thereof, due to the acts
of harassment suffered by: Adrián Herrera Monreal, Benita Monárrez Salgado, Claudia
Ivonne Ramos Monárrez, Daniel Ramos Monárrez, Ramón Antonio Aragón Monárrez,
Claudia Dayana Bermúdez Ramos, Itzel Arely Bermúdez Ramos, Paola Alexandra
Bermúdez Ramos, and Atziri Geraldine Bermúdez Ramos, in the terms of paragraphs
425 to 440 of this Judgment.
10.
The State did not violate the right to privacy (honor and dignity) embodied in
Article 11 of the American Convention, in the terms of paragraphs 441 to 445 of this
judgment.
AND ORDERS,
unanimously that,
11.
This judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation.
12.
The State shall, in accordance with paragraphs 452 to 455 of this Judgment,
conduct the criminal proceeding that is underway effectively and, if applicable, any
that are opened in the future to identify, prosecute and, if appropriate, punish the
perpetrators and masterminds of the disappearances, ill-treatments and deprivations
of life of Mss. González, Herrera and Ramos, in accordance with the following
directives:
i)
All legal or factual obstacles to the due investigation of the facts and the
execution of the respective judicial proceedings shall be removed, and all
available means used, to ensure that the investigations and judicial
proceedings are prompt so as to avoid a repetition of the same or similar
facts as those of the present case;
ii)
The investigation shall include a gender perspective; undertake specific
lines of inquiry concerning sexual violence, which must involve lines of
inquiry into the respective patterns in the zone; be conducted in
accordance with protocols and manuals that comply with the guidelines
set out in this Judgment; provide the victims’ next of kin with
information on progress in the investigation regularly and give them full
access to the case files, and be conducted by officials who are highly
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