78 keeping with the parameters established in the case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters. 227. International case law has established repeatedly that the judgment can constitute per se a form of reparation.308 Nevertheless, in its case law, the Court has developed the concept of non-pecuniary damage and has established that it “can include both the suffering and distress caused to the direct victims and their next of kin, and the impairment of values that are highly significant to the individual, as well as other changes of a non-pecuniary nature in the living conditions of the victims or their next of kin.”309 228. The Court has verified that the physical and moral integrity of the then children who were victims of forced disappearance in this case were affected, resulting in feelings of loss, abandonment, intense fear, uncertainty, anguish and pain (supra paras. 85). In the specific case of Gregoria Herminia Contreras, the Court has verified additional effects arising from her appropriation (supra paras. 98 to 102). Also, the Court has established that, owing to the facts in this case, the next of kin of the victims suffered psychological effects and irreversible alterations in their immediate family, uncertainty about the whereabouts of the victims, and a sense of impotence due to the lack of collaboration of the State authorities and the impunity generated for more than three decades (supra paras. 120, 121 and 123). Regarding the siblings of the victims, the Court has found that they also endured suffering, that harmed their mental and moral integrity (supra paras. 120 and 122). Based on the foregoing, the Court finds it pertinent to establish, in equity, the following amounts in favor of the victims as compensation for non-pecuniary damage: Name Mejía Ramírez Family Ana Julia Mejía Ramírez Carmelina Mejía Ramírez Arcadia Ramírez Portillo Avenicio Portillo María Nely Portillo Santos Verónica Portillo Reina Dionila Portillo de Silva Contreras Recinos Family Gregoria Herminia Contreras Relationship Disappeared victim Disappeared victim Mother Brother Sister Sister Aunt Disappeared victim, found Amount US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ 80.000,00 80.000,00 50.000,00 10.000,00 10.000,00 10.000,00 25.000,00 US$ 120.000,00 Serapio Cristian Contreras Disappeared victim US$ 80.000,00 Julia Inés Contreras Disappeared victim US$ 80.000,00 María Maura Contreras Fermín Recinos Ayala Julia Gregoria Recinos Contreras Marta Daysi Leiva Contreras Nelson Geovany Contreras Rubén de Jesús López Contreras Sara Margarita López Contreras Santos Antonio López Contreras Rivera Rivera Family José Rubén Rivera Margarita Dolores Rivera de Rivera Agustín Antonio Rivera Gálvez Juan Carlos Rivera Agustín Antonio Rivera Rivera Mother US$ 50.000,00 Father Sister Sister Brother, deceased Brother Brother Brother US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ 50.000,00 10.000,00 10.000,00 10.000,00 10.000,00 10.000,00 10.000,00 Disappeared victim Mother Father Brother, deceased Brother US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ 80.000,00 50.000,00 50.000,00 10.000,00 10.000,00 308 Cf. Case of El Amparo v. Venezuela. Reparations and costs. Judgment of September 14, 1996. Series C No. 28, para. 35; Case of Mejía Idrovo, supra note 19, para. 134, and Case of Chocrón Chocrón, supra note 19, para. 149. 309 Case of the “Street Children” (Villagrán Morales et al.) v. Guatemala. Reparations and costs. Judgment of May 26, 2001. Series C No. 77, para. 84; Case of Mejía Idrovo, supra note 19, para. 150, and Case of Chocrón Chocrón, supra note 19, footnote 210.

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