3
B.1.2. Possibilities of a diligent action by the State to prevent the risk and its
implementation ..................................................................................................................................... 57
B.2) CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................... 58
IX JUDICIAL GUARANTEES, EQUAL PROTECTION AND JUDICIAL PROTECTION, IN RELATION TO THE GENERAL
OBLIGATION TO RESPECT AND ENSURE RIGHTS AND TO ADOPT DOMESTIC LEGAL PROVISIONS, AND TO THE
OBLIGATION TO PREVENT, PUNISH AND ERADICATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ..................................... 58
A. ARGUMENTS OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE PARTIES ............................................... 58
B. CONSIDERATIONS OF THE COURT ...................................................................................... 63
B.1) IRREGULARITIES FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF MARÍA ISABEL, AND SUBSEQUENT
ACTIONS OF STATE OFFICIALS (PRESERVATION OF THE CRIME SCENE, SITE INSPECTION, REMOVAL OF THE
BODY, CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF THE EVIDENCE, AUTOPSY AND EXPERT APPRAISALS) .............................. 66
B.2) TRACING OF TELEPHONE CALLS .................................................................................. 71
B.3) FAILURE TO ADOPT PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES FOR A SUSPECT .................................... 72
B.4) DISCRIMINATION AND ABSENCE OF A GENDER-BASED INVESTIGATION ..................................... 72
B.5) REASONABLE TIME .............................................................................................. 75
C. CONCLUSION......................................................................................................................... 78
X RIGHT TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATIONS TO
RESPECT AND ENSURE RIGHTS ..................................................................................................................... 79
A. ARGUMENTS OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE PARTIES ............................................... 79
B. CONSIDERATIONS OF THE COURT ...................................................................................... 80
XI REPARATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 82
A. INJURED PARTY .................................................................................................................... 82
B. OBLIGATION TO INVESTIGATE THE FACTS AND IDENTIFY AND PUNISH, AS
APPROPRIATE, THOSE RESPONSIBLE ......................................................................................... 82
B.1) ARGUMENTS OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE PARTIES ..................................................... 82
B.2) CONSIDERATIONS OF THE COURT................................................................................ 83
C. MEASURES OF SATISFACTION ............................................................................................... 83
C.1) ARGUMENTS OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE PARTIES ..................................................... 83
C.2) CONSIDERATIONS OF THE COURT ........................................................................... 84
C.2.1. Publication of the Judgment ............................................................................................... 84
C.2.2. Public apology .......................................................................................................................... 84
C.2.3. Other measures requested ................................................................................................. 85
D. GUARANTEES OF NON-REPETITION ...................................................................................... 85
D.1) REQUEST TO ENHANCE THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TO COMBAT IMPUNITY IN CASES OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND TO ENSURE THAT SUCH CASES ARE ADEQUATELY PREVENTED, INVESTIGATED, PUNISHED
AND REDRESSED .......................................................................................................... 85
D.1.1. Arguments of the Commission and the State ............................................................. 85
D.1.2. Considerations of the Court................................................................................................ 86
D.2) ADOPTION OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS AIMED AT ELIMINATING
DISCRIMINATORY STEREOTYPES REGARDING THE ROLE OF WOMEN AND PROMOTING THE ERADICATION OF
DISCRIMINATORY SOCIO-CULTURAL PATTERNS THAT PREVENT THEIR FULL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ................ 88
D.2.1. Arguments of the Commission and of the parties ..................................................... 88
D.2.2.Considerations of the Court ................................................................................................. 89
E. APPROPRIATE MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE AND TREATMENT ............................ 90
E.1) ARGUMENTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE AND OF THE STATE ............................................ 90
E.2) CONSIDERATIONS OF THE COURT ........................................................................... 90
F. COMPENSATION FOR PECUNIARY AND NON-PECUNIARY DAMAGE .................................... 91
F.1) INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 91
F.2) ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES ..................................................................................... 91