Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
of July 9, 2009
Case of Herrera Ulloa v. Costa Rica
(Monitoring Compliance with Judgment)
Having seen:
1.
The Judgment on preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs of July 2,
2004 (hereinafter, "the Judgment") issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(hereinafter, "the Inter-American Court", "the Court" or "the Tribunal"), which provided
that:
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4.
The State must annul in whole the judgment issued on November 12, 1999 by the Criminal Court
for the First Court Circuit of San José, pursuant to paragraphs 195 and 204 of the [...] Judgment.
5.
That within a reasonable period of time, the State must adjust its domestic legal system to
conform to the provisions of Article 8(2)(h) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to
Article 2 thereof, as established in paragraph 198 of the […] Judgment.
6.
That the State must pay non-pecuniary damages to Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa in the amount of
US$ 20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States dollars) or the equivalent in Costa Rican currency, as
established in paragraphs 200, 203, 204 and 205 of the […] Judgment.
7.
The State must pay Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa the sum of US$ 10,000.00 (ten thousand United
States dollars) or the equivalent in Costa Rican currency, to defray the expenses of his legal defense in
litigating his case before the inter-American system for the protection of human rights, as established in
paragraphs 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the […] Judgment.
8.
None of the compensation ordered in operative paragraphs 6 and 7 of this judgment shall be
subject to any tax or levy currently in existence or ordered in the future, as established in paragraph 204
of the […] Judgment.
9.
Should the State fall into arrears, it shall pay interest on the amount owed, which will be the
banking arrearage interest rate in effect in Costa Rica, under the terms specified in paragraphs 203 and
204 of the […] Judgment.
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11.
The State must comply with the measures of reparation and reimbursement of expenses ordered
in operative paragraphs 4, 6 and 7 of the […] Judgment, within six months of the date of notification of
the present Judgment.
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13.
The Court will oversee compliance with [the] Judgment and will close the present case once the