Court
122.
A.7. Publication and dissemination of the judgment of the Inter-American
In the friendly settlement agreement, the State agreed to the following:
The State undertakes to publish the official summary of the judgment in the Official
Gazette and in at least two newspapers with national circulation, in Spanish and Miskito.
The State also undertakes to publish the full judgment on the web sites of the main
State institutions concerned with the problem of dive fishing, including: the Ministry of
Human Rights, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), the Merchant Navy, the
Ministry of Labor and Social Security (STSS), Ministry of Health (SESAL) and the Ministry
of Development and Social Inclusion (SEDIS); and shall maintain the publication in these
web sites for a period of two years.
123. In this regard, the Court orders the State to issue said publications, under the agreed
terms, within six months of notification of this judgment, in a legible and adequate font size,
including: a) the official summary of this judgment prepared by the Court, once, in the Official
Gazette; and b) the official summary of this judgment prepared by the Court, once, in two
daily newspapers with wide national circulation. The publications shall be issued in the Spanish
and Miskito languages. The State shall immediately inform this Court once it proceeds to carry
out each of the publications ordered, regardless of the one-year term granted to submit its
first report, as set forth in the seventh operative paragraph of this judgment.
B. Pecuniary measures
124.
In the friendly settlement agreement, the State indicated the following:
The State of Honduras recognizes the human rights violations suffered by the victims in
this case in the terms set forth in the Merits Report of the IACHR, which caused them
physical, psychological and moral harm, to the point that many of them became
temporarily or permanently disabled. It further recognizes that the next of kin of the
direct victims in this case also suffered consequences that disrupted their life projects.
By virtue of this, it recognizes their right to receive financial compensation as reparation
for all the damages caused.
B.1. Non-pecuniary damage
125.
In view of the foregoing, in the friendly settlement agreement, the State agreed
to the following:
With regard to non-pecuniary or moral damage, the State of Honduras recognizes and
accepts as the amount to be paid as compensation to each of the forty-two direct victims
declared in the IACHR’s Merits Report the sum of [amount agreed by the parties and
established in the Agreement].
In addition, the State recognizes and accepts as the amount to be paid as compensation
to each of the families declared as victims in the IACHR’s Merits Report on this case, the
sum of [amount of money agreed by the parties and established in the Agreement].
The parties state that the amount agreed upon has been established taking into account
the inter-American jurisprudence in cases involving violations similar to those that
occurred in the instant case.
B.2. Pecuniary damage
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