INDEX
I. INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND CAUSE OF ACTION............................................. 4
II. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ........................................................................ 5
III. JURISDICTION ..................................................................................................... 6
IV. PARTIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY ............................................. 6
A. Acknowledgement of responsibility by the State and observations by the representatives
and the Commission .................................................................................................... 6
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................... 7
B.1 Facts .........................................................................................................8
B.2 Legal claims ................................................................................................8
B.3 Reparations ................................................................................................9
B.4 Conclusions: Assessment of partial acknowledgement of responsibility ................9
V. EVIDENCE ............................................................................................................. 11
A.
Admissibility of the documentary evidence ............................................................. 11
B.
Admissibility of the testimonial and expert evidence ................................................ 14
VI. FACTS ................................................................................................................. 14
A.
The communities of Quero Canton and the Peasant Defense Boards .......................... 14
B.
Detention and subsequent disappearance of Fredy Núñez Naranjo ............................. 15
C. Facts and actions following the disappearance of Fredy Núñez Naranjo ...................... 17
VII. MERITS .............................................................................................................. 21
VII.1. RIGHTS TO JURIDICAL PERSONALITY, TO LIFE, TO HUMANE TREATMENT, TO
PERSONAL LIBERTY, AND OBLIGATION NOT TO PRACTICE, PERMIT, OR TOLERATE THE
FORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS .................................................................... 22
A.
Arguments of the Commission and the parties ........................................................ 22
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................. 24
B.1 General considerations on forced disappearance and evidence ......................... 24
B.2 Evaluation of the circumstances of the disappearance of Fredy Núñez Naranjo ... 27
B.3 Conclusions about the alleged violations ....................................................... 29
VII.2 RIGHT TO THE TRUTH AND IMMEDIATE SEARCH OBLIGATIONS FOR THE
DISAPPEARED PERSON AND INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION, AND PUNISHMENT OF
THOSE WHO COMMIT THE CRIME OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS
30
A.
Arguments of the Commission and the parties ........................................................ 30
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................. 31
VII.3 RIGHT TO HUMANE TREATMENT ...................................................................... 35
A.
Arguments of the Commission and the parties ........................................................ 35
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................. 35
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