2.
To accept the partial acknowledgment of international responsibility made by the
State, in the terms of paragraphs 20 to 26 of this Judgment.
DECLARES,
unanimously that:
1.
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)
thereof, to the detriment of Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo, Aracelly Román Amariles, and
their children Mateo and Juliana Vélez Román, in the terms of paragraphs 123 to 135, 150,
151, 155 to 181 and 186 to 205 of this Judgment.
2.
The State is responsible for the violation of the right to freedom of thought and
expression recognized in Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation
to Article 1(1) thereof, to the detriment of Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo, in the terms of
paragraphs 123 to 126, 136 to 151 and 209 to 215 of this Judgment.
3.
The State is responsible for the violation of the right to freedom of movement and
residence, recognized in Article 22(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in
relation to Article 1(1) thereof, to the detriment of Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo, Aracelly
Román Amariles, and their children Mateo and Juliana Vélez Román, in the terms of
paragraphs 219 to 224 of this Judgment.
4.
The State is responsible for the violation of the right to the protection of the family,
recognized in Article 17(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to
Article 1(1) thereof, to the detriment of Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo and Aracelly Román
Amariles, in the terms of paragraphs 225 and 228 to 232 of this Judgment.
5.
The State is responsible for the violation of the right to protection of the family and
of the rights of the child, recognized in Articles 17(1) and 19 of the American Convention on
Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) thereof, to the detriment of Mateo and Juliana
Vélez Román, in the terms of paragraphs 225 to 232 of this Judgment.
6.
The State is responsible for the violation of the rights to judicial guarantees and
judicial protection, recognized in Articles 8(1) and 25 of the American Convention on Human
Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) thereof, to the detriment of Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo,
Aracelly Román Amariles, and their children Mateo and Juliana Vélez Román, in the terms of
paragraphs 233 to 235 and 238 to 252 of this Judgment.
7.
The State is not responsible for the alleged violation of Article 4 of the American
Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of this instrument, in accordance
with paragraph 182 of this Judgment.
AND ORDERS,
unanimously that:
1.
This Judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation.
2.
The State must guarantee the conditions for the members of the Vélez Román family
to return to live in Colombia, if they so decide, in the terms established in paragraphs 263
to 266 of this Judgment.
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