the notification of this judgment, without prejudice to the possibility of making payment in full
in a shorter time, in the terms specified below.
255. If the beneficiaries have died, or pass away before the payments are made, the monies
concerned should be paid to their heirs, pursuant to the applicable domestic law.
256. The State shall comply with the monetary obligations by means of payments in United
States dollars, or the equivalent amount in national currency, using for the calculation the market
exchange rate published or calculated by a pertinent banking or financial authority, on the date
closest to the day of payment.
257. If, for reasons that can be attributed to the beneficiaries of the pecuniary measures or their
heirs, it is not possible to pay the amounts ordered within the established timeframe, the State
shall deposit the monies concerned in a bank account or certificate of deposit in a solvent
Colombian financial institution, in United States dollars, and on the most favorable financial
terms permitted by banking laws and practice. If the amount in question is not claimed after ten
years have elapsed, it shall be returned to the State with the interest accrued.
258. The amounts allocated in this judgment as compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary
damage, as reimbursement of expenses and costs and as a rehabilitation measure, shall be paid
in full to the persons indicated, as established in this judgment, without deducting any possible
taxes or charges.
259. If the State should fall into arrears, it shall pay interest on the amount owed, in line with
banking interest payable on arrears in Colombia.
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260. Therefore,
THE COURT,
Unanimously,
DECIDES TO,
1.
Accept the partial acknowledgement of international responsibility made by the State,
pursuant to paragraphs 28 to 39 of this judgment.
DECLARES THAT,
2.
The State is responsible for the violation of the rights to recognition of juridical
personality, to life, to personal integrity and to personal liberty, established in Articles 3, 4(1),
5(1), 5(2), and to freedom of association, acknowledged in Articles 3, 4(1), 5(1), 5(2), 7 and
16, of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Articles 1(1) and 2 of the same
treaty and Article I a) of the Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons,
to the detriment of Pedro Julio Movilla Galarcio, pursuant to paragraphs 33, 34, 39, 117 and 119
to 141 of this judgment.
3.
The State is responsible for the violation of the rights to judicial guarantees and to judicial
protection, acknowledged in Articles 8(1) and 25(1) of the American Convention on Human
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