TABLE OF CONTENTS
I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND PURPOSE OF THE DISPUTE ..................... 4
II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ............................................................. 5
III COMPETENCE ............................................................................................. 7
IV ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY ................................................... 7
A. Recognition by the State, observations of the parties and of the Commission ..............................................7
B. Considerations of the Court ...........................................................................................................................8
B.1. Regarding the facts ............................................................................................................................. 8
B.2. Regarding the legal claims .................................................................................................................. 8
B.3. Regarding reparations ......................................................................................................................... 9
B.4. Assessment of the acknowledgment of responsibility ......................................................................... 9
V EVIDENCE ................................................................................................... 10
A. Admissibility of the documentary evidence .................................................................................................10
B. Admissibility of the testimonial and expert evidence ....................................................................................11
VI FACTS ....................................................................................................... 11
A. Context .........................................................................................................................................................11
A.1. Context of racial discrimination ........................................................................................................ 11
A.2. Context of police violence and use of racial profiling ........................................................................ 12
B. Arrest of Mr. José Delfín Acosta Martínez ...................................................................................................13
C. Detention and death of Mr. José Delfín Acosta Martínez ............................................................................15
D. Investigation into the death of José Delfín Acosta Martínez .......................................................................16
D.1. Notification of death and viewing of the body .................................................................................. 16
D.2. Autopsies conducted on the body of José Delfín Acosta Martínez .................................................... 17
D.3. Domestic proceedings ....................................................................................................................... 19
E. Intimidation and threats to family members and a witness ........................................................................22
VII MERITS .................................................................................................... 24
VII-1 RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY, EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION
AND DUTY TO ADOPT DOMESTIC LEGAL EFFECTS .......................................... 24
A. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ........................................................................................24
B. Considerations of the Court ...........................................................................................................................25
B.1. Analysis of the applicable legal framework and the legality of the detention .................................. 26
B.2. Arbitrariness of detention.................................................................................................................. 29
B.3. Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 32
VIII REPARATIONS ........................................................................................ 32
A. Injured party ................................................................................................................................................32
B. Obligation to investigate .............................................................................................................................33
C. Measures of satisfaction ..............................................................................................................................34
D. Guarantees of non-repetition ......................................................................................................................34
D.1. Raising awareness among State officials and training them on racial discrimination ..................... 34
D.2. Implementation of a control mechanism and logging system .......................................................... 35
E. Other measures requested ...........................................................................................................................35
E.1. Measures of satisfaction .................................................................................................................... 35
E.2. Measures of non-repetition ............................................................................................................... 36
F. Compensation ..............................................................................................................................................37
F.1. Pecuniary damage ............................................................................................................................. 37
F.2. Non-pecuniary damage ..................................................................................................................... 38
G. Costs and Expenses ......................................................................................................................................39
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