X OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 230. Therefore, THE COURT DECIDES, Unanimously: 1. To declare partially admissible the preliminary objection regarding the alleged lack of jurisdiction ratione temporis with respect to the facts prior to the date of recognition of the Court’s jurisdiction, in accordance with paragraphs 19 to 23 of this judgment. 2. To dismiss the preliminary objection regarding the alleged failure to exhaust domestic remedies, in accordance with paragraphs 27 to 34 of this judgment. DECLARES, Unanimously, that: 3. The State is responsible for the violation of the rights to judicial guarantees, to equality before the law and to judicial protection, contained in Articles 8(1), 24 and 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to the obligations to respect and guarantee rights without discrimination and the duty to adopt provisions of domestic law, established in Articles 1(1) and 2 of the same instrument, and in relation to the obligations set forth in Article 7(b) of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, to the detriment of M.B.S. and S.R.S., pursuant to paragraphs 98 to 151 of this judgment. 4. The State is responsible for the violation of the right to personal integrity, recognized in Article 5(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of the same instrument, to the detriment of M.B.S. and S.R.S., pursuant to paragraphs 155 to 162 of this judgment. AND ESTABLISHES, Unanimously, that: 5. This judgment constitutes, per se, a form of reparation. 6. The State shall issue th e publications indicated in paragraph 176 o f t h i s j u d gm e n t , within six months from its notification. 7. The State shall hold an act of acknowledgement of international responsibility, in relation to the facts of this case, in the terms of paragraphs 177 and 178 of this judgment. 8. The State shall design and implement a national and centralized data collection system that allows for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of acts of violence against women and, in particular, violent deaths of women, in the terms of paragraph 193 of this judgment. -60-

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