C) Right to appeal the judgment to a higher court (Article 8(2)(h) of the Convention), in
relation to the obligations under Articles 1(1) and 2 of this treaty, with regard to Segundo
Aniceto Norín Catrimán, Pascual Huentequeo Pichún Paillalao, Juan Patricio Marileo Saravia,
Florencio Jaime Marileo Saravia, José Benicio Huenchunao Mariñán, Juan Ciriaco Millacheo
Licán and Patricia Roxana Troncoso Robles ............................................................................ 91
1. Arguments of the Commission and of the parties............................................................... 91
2. Considerations of the Court ............................................................................................ 92
3. Obligation to adopt domestic legal provisions ................................................................... 101
VII.3 – RIGHTS TO PERSONAL LIBERTY and TO THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
(Articles 7(1), 7(3), 7(5) and 8(2) OF the American Convention) ...................................... 103
A) Arguments of the Commission and of the parties.............................................................. 103
B) Domestic legal framework ............................................................................................. 104
C) Considerations of the Court ........................................................................................... 108
1. General considerations on personal liberty, pre-trial detention, and presumption of
innocence ........................................................................................................................ 108
2. Examination of the alleged violations .............................................................................. 112
3. Alleged non-compliance with the obligation established in Article 2 of the American
Convention (Domestic legal effects) .................................................................................... 122
VII.4 – FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION, POLITICAL RIGHTS, and RIGHTS TO
PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND TO THE PROTECTION OF THE FAMILY (Articles 13, 23,
5(1) and 17 of the American Convention) .......................................................................... 124
A) Arguments of the Commission and of the parties.............................................................. 124
B) Considerations of the Court ........................................................................................... 126
1. Right to freedom of thought and expression .................................................................... 126
2. Political rights .............................................................................................................. 128
3. Right to personal integrity ............................................................................................. 130
4. Right to the protection of the family ............................................................................... 133
VIII – REPARATIONS ......................................................................................................... 136
A) Injured party ............................................................................................................... 137
B) Measures of restitution, rehabilitation and satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition ...... 137
1. Measure of restitution: nullify the criminal convictions imposed on the victims ..................... 137
2. Measures of rehabilitation: medical and pscyhological treatment ........................................ 139
3. Measures of satisfaction ................................................................................................ 140
4. Guarantee of non-repetition: adaptation of domestic law in relation to the right of the
defense to examine witnesses ............................................................................................ 141
C) Compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage ................................................... 142
D) Costs and expenses ...................................................................................................... 146
E) Other measures of reparation requested ......................................................................... 148
F) Reimbursement of the expenses of the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund ................................ 151
G) Method of complyng with the payments .......................................................................... 151
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