justification for setting aside the practice of awarding compensatory indemnification for damage that “may include both the suffering and distress caused to the direct victims and their next of kin, and the impairment of values that are highly significant to them, as well as other nonmaterial changes in the living conditions of the victim or family members” (para. 482). Arbitrary taking of life unquestionably undermines “very significant values for individuals”, whether the “direct victim” or “his or her loved ones”. Alberto Pérez Judge Pablo Saavedra Alessandri Registrar 2