2 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND CAUSE OF THE ACTION ................................... 5 II. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ....................................................................... 6 III. JURISDICTION ..................................................................................................... 8 IV. PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS ............................................ ¡Error! Marcador no definido. A. Objection regarding lack of jurisdiction ratione temporis .............................................. 8 B. Objection regarding lack of jurisdiction ratione materiae ............................................ 11 B.1. Alleged lack of jurisdiction of the Court to hear alleged violations of the ICFDP, the Convention of Belém do Pará and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ................................................................................................. 11 B.2. Alleged lack of jurisdiction to determine the commission of crimes ........................ 13 B.3. Alleged lack of jurisdiction to decree the invalidity of the amnesty ........................ 14 C. Objection regarding the failure to exhaust domestic remedies .................................... 15 D. Objection regarding the “lack of authority to file another claim for the same facts” ....... 16 V. PARTIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY............................................ 17 A. Partial acknowledgement of responsibility by the State, observations of the Commission and the representatives ............................................................................................. 17 B. Considerations of the Court .................................................................................... 17 VI. PRIOR CONSIDERATION ..................................................................................... 18 A. Arguments of the Commission and the parties .......................................................... 18 B. Considerations of the Court .................................................................................... 19 VII. EVIDENCE ......................................................................................................... 20 A. Documentary, testimonial and expert evidence......................................................... 20 B. Admission of the evidence ..................................................................................... 21 C. Assessment of the evidence ................................................................................... 22 VIII. FACTS .............................................................................................................. 23 A. Background.......................................................................................................... 24 B. Chichupac village and neighboring communities of the municipality of Rabinal.............. 26 B.1. Execution of Juan Alvarado Grave, Mateo Grave and Pedro Depaz Ciprián, and disappearance of Pedro Siana on August 23 and 24, 1981 .......................................... 27 B.2. Execution of three members of the Alvarado family and three members of the Reyes family on January 1,1982 ....................................................................................... 27 B.3. Detention of Ciriaco Galiego López and disappearance of Lorenzo Depaz Siprian on January 8, 1982 .................................................................................................... 28 B.4. Massacre at the health clinic of Chichupac village on January 8, 1982.................... 28 B.5. Rape of Máxima Emiliana García Valey on January 8, 1982 .................................. 29 B.6. Prevailing violence in the area, displacement of inhabitants, destruction of communities and the ‘model village’ or ‘colony’ in Chichupac ......................................................... 30 B.7. Disappearance and identification of Hugo García Depaz, Abraham Alvarado, Manuel de Jesús Alarcón Morente and Edmundo Alarcón Morente, disappearance of Adrián García Manuel and Leonardo Cahuec González, and detention of Miguel Chen Tahuico on January 18, 1982 .............................................................................................................. 31 B.8. Disappearance of Juan Mendoza Alvarado and José Cruz Mendoza Sucup on January 31, 1982 .............................................................................................................. 33 B.9. Disappearance of María Concepción Chen Sic and Casimiro Siana since February 12, 1982 .................................................................................................................... 33 B.10. Execution of Andrea Osorio Galeano on February 19, 1982 ................................. 33 B.11. Execution of Elías Milián González and Amelia Milián Morales on March 23, and April 20, 1982 .............................................................................................................. 33 B.12. Rape and execution of Gregoria Valey lxtecoc on November 22, 1982 .................. 34 B.13. Disappearance of Juan Pérez Sic on November 15, 1981 .................................... 34