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Law (hereinafter “CEJIL”), five victims, and one representative of the Office of the
Panamanian Ombudsman. During the meeting, the five victims delivered a brief to
the Court, to which they attached some documents and a cassette related to the
case.
10.
On June 20, 2002, a meeting was held at the seat of the Court7, attended by
three Secretariat officials and three victims.
11.
On June 21, 2002, a meeting was held at the seat of the Court8, attended by
the President and the Vice President, four Secretariat officials, the Director of CEJIL
Meso-America and two victims.
12.
On June 21, 2002, the Court issued an Order on compliance with judgment,
in which it decided:
1.
That the State must present a detailed report to the Court, by August 15, 2002,
at the latest, as established in the second and third considering paragraphs of the [...]
Order.
2.
That the victims or their legal representatives and the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights must present their comments on the State’s report within
six weeks of receiving it.
The report to be presented by the State, in accordance with the second considering
paragraph of the said Order, should refer to:
a)
The payment to the 270 workers or, if applicable, their successors, of the
amounts corresponding to their unpaid salary and other corresponding
employment benefits (sixth operative paragraph of the judgment of February 2,
2001);
b)
The national procedure followed to establish the respective compensatory
amounts, including the criteria or parameters used to determine them, the
information obtained, and the legislation applied (sixth operative paragraph of
the judgment of February 2, 2001);
c)
Reinstatement of the 270 workers. If applicable, the Court should be informed
whether they ha[d] been offered alternative employment which respected the
conditions, wages and remunerations they had when they were dismissed. If
this ha[d] not been possible either, the Court should be informed whether
payment of the compensation corresponding to termination of employment had
been made, in accordance with domestic labor legislation (seventh operative
paragraph of the judgment of February 2, 2001);
d)
Payment to the successors of the deceased victims of the appropriate amounts
for pensions or retirement (seventh operative paragraph of the judgment of
February 2, 2001); and
e)
Payment of costs and expenses (ninth operative paragraph of the judgment of
February 2, 2001).
13.
On August 16, 2002,9 the State presented the report on compliance with
judgment requested by the Court in the Order of June 21, 2002.
7
Cf. Baena Ricardo et al. case. Compliance with judgment. Order of the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights of June 21, 2002, having seen paragraph 39.
8
Cf. Baena Ricardo et al. case. Compliance with judgment. Order of the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights of June 21, 2002, having seen paragraph 40.