facilitate its logistics. For the selection of the remaining four, within six months of notification
of this judgment, the State and the representatives shall propose to the Court a list of four
independent experts, from which the Court will select two members from each of the lists.
The Working Group shall be financed by the State, which shall guarantee the budget for its
operation. In order to fulfill its objectives, it shall have the authority to consult with any
public bodies, academic institutions, or civil society organizations that may provide it with
elements of judgment to prepare its report. The State must fully guarantee access to the
information necessary for it to carry out its task. The group will have two years from the
date of its formation to submit a final report to the Court. This report shall be public and
shall be made available to society in a form that is accessible. 8
17. From this, it is clear—as has been emphasized by the representatives and by the
State—that paragraph 97 of the judgment orders the “creation of a Working Group [...] to
establish the circumstances of Mr. Leguizamón Zaván’s murder.” Likewise, paragraphs 97
and 98 of the Judgment specified the conditions, characteristics, attributions,
responsibilities, and other elements this group must be guaranteed to have.
18. In other words, in the Judgment on the Merits, Reparations and Costs adopted on
November 15, 2022 in the case of Leguizamón Zaván et al. v. Paraguay, the State was
ordered, as a measure of reparation, to create the Working Group referred to in paragraphs
97 and 98 above, and due to an omission, this order was not reflected in the operative
paragraphs on the reparations that State is required to report on and comply with.
19. Consequently, it is the Court’s interpretation that the creation of the Working Group
described in the analysis of the obligation to investigate, along with the deadlines set for
creating it and preparing the corresponding report, are part of the measures of reparation
ordered in the judgment, compliance with which will be analyzed at the supervision of
compliance with judgment stage.
20. Lastly, pursuant to the provisions of Article 76 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court
on "Rectification of errors in judgments and other decisions," according to which "The Court
may, on its own motion or at the request of any of the parties to the case [...] rectify
obvious mistakes, clerical errors, or errors in calculation," this Tribunal will proceed to add
a operative paragraph to the judgment on the Merits, Reparations and Costs issued in the
Case of Leguizamón Zaván et al. v. Paraguay that reflects the conclusions of this judgment
in order to guarantee full compliance with reparations.
V
OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS
21.
Therefore,
THE COURT
pursuant to Article 67 of the American Convention on Human Rights and articles 31(3),
68, and 76 of the Rules of Procedure,
DECIDES:
Unanimously:
1.
To declare admissible the request for interpretation of the Judgment of Merits,
Reparations, and Costs issued in the Case of Leguizamón Zaván v. Paraguay, presented
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Case of Leguizamón Zaván et al. v. Paraguay, supra, para. 98.
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