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DECLARES THAT:
unanimously,
1.
that the State violated the right to life enshrined in Article 4(1) of the
American Convention on Human Rights, in combination with Article 1(1) of that same
Convention, to the detriment of Myrna Mack Chang, as set forth in paragraphs 139 to
158 of the instant Judgment.
unanimously,
2.
that the State violated the right to fair trial and to judicial protection
embodied in Articles 8 and 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in
combination with Article 1(1) of that same Convention, to the detriment of the
following next of kin of Myrna Mack Chang: Lucrecia Hernández Mack, Yam Mack
Choy, Zoila Chang Lau, Helen Mack Chang, Marco Mack Chang, Freddy Mack Chang
and Ronald Chang Apuy, as set forth in paragraphs 165 to 218 of the instant
Judgment.
unanimously,
3.
that the State violated the right to humane treatment embodied in Article
5(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in combination with Article 1(1)
of that same Convention, to the detriment of the following next of kin of Myrna Mack
Chang: Lucrecia Hernández Mack, Yam Mack Choy, Zoila Chang Lau, Helen Mack
Chang, Marco Mack Chang, Freddy Mack Chang and Ronald Chang Apuy, as set forth
in paragraphs 224 to 233 of the instant Judgment.
unanimously,
4.
that this Judgment constitutes per se a form of reparations, as set forth in
paragraph 260 of the instant Judgment.
AND DECIDES THAT:
unanimously,
5.
that the State must effectively investigate the facts of the instant case, with
the aim of identifying, trying, and punishing all the direct perpetrators and
accessories, and all others responsible for the extra-legal execution of Myrna Mack
Chang, and for the cover-up of the extra-legal execution and other facts of the
instant case, aside from the person who has already been punished for those facts;
and that the results of the investigations must be made known to the public, as set
forth in paragraphs 271 to 275 of the instant Judgment.
unanimously,
6.
that the State must remove all de facto and legal obstacles and mechanisms
that maintain impunity in the instant case, provide sufficient security measures to
the judicial authorities, prosecutors, witnesses, legal operators, and to the next of kin
of Myrna Mack Chang, and resort to all other means available to it so as to expedite
the proceeding, as set forth in paragraphs 276 and 277 of the instant Judgment.
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