2 heirs of victims who have passed away compensation by way of a pension or retirement that applies (operative paragraph seven of the Judgment dated February 2, 2001); and c) the payment to each of the 270 victims the amount of US$ 3,000 (three thousand dollars of the United States of America) for non-pecuniary damages (eighth operative paragraph of the Judgment, February 2, 2001). AND RESOLVE[D]: 1. To require that the State take all necessary measures to effectively and promptly comply with the operative paragraphs still pending compliance that were ordered by the Tribunal in the Judgment on the merits, reparations, and costs of February 2, 2001, as well as laid out in the Orders on compliance with the Judgment of November 22, 2002, and June 6, 2003, and in the […] Order, in keeping with the stipulations of Article 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 3. The briefs from January 4, March 23 and 31, and November 29, 2006; and January 22, 2007, through which the State of Panama (hereinafter, “the State”) addressed the status of compliance with the Judgment rendered in this case. 4. The briefs from June 13, 2006, and April 5, 2007, through which the InterAmerican Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the InterAmerican Commission”) submitted its comments on the briefs sent by the State and assessed the status of compliance with the Judgment in this case. 5. The briefs presented by the victims or their representatives, in which they present their comments on the briefs sent by the State and addressed the status of compliance with the Judgment in this case. 6. The Order of monitoring compliance with the Judgment of November 28, 2005, and the communication of October 10, 2006; January 26, July 17, and October 12, 2007, through which the Tribunal requested that the State submit information on the operative paragraphs of the Judgment still pending compliance. CONSIDERING: 1. That monitoring the compliance with its decisions is an inherent jurisdictional power of the Court. 2. That Panama is a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”) as of June 22, 1978, and recognized as binding the jurisdiction of the Court on May 9, 1990. 3. That by virtue of the final and non-appealable nature of the Judgments of the Court, as established in Article 67 of the American Convention, they must be promptly complied with by the State in their entirety. 4. That Article 68(1) of the American Convention stipulates that “[t]he States Parties to the Convention undertake to comply with the judgment of the Court in any case to which they are parties.” The obligation of States Parties under the Convention of prompt compliance with the Court’s decisions binds all the powers and organs of the State.