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provided information on the steps taken in this respect”; that, by a resolution of the
National Chamber on Terrorism, Criminal Organizations and Bands of March 27,
2002, the arrest warrants had been suspended and the victim’s police, criminal and
judicial records had been annulled; that the State had not awarded “the grant for
university studies with the conditions laid down by Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides
(for studying law in a university in Brazil), and had not suggested any alternative
for the joint selection of a center where he could carry out his higher education”;
that Peru had only published the operative paragraphs of the judgment of August
18, 2000, in the official gazette, but not in another newspaper with national
circulation; that the State had complied by organizing a public act of redress
acknowledging its responsibility in the case; that Gladys Benavides López was
receiving psychological care in the Mental Health Institute and has a credential
issued by the Ministry of Health that accredits her as a person authorized to receive
free medical care and obtain medicines related to her care and visits to her doctors;
and that a preliminary investigation has been initiated for the crime of torture in the
Office of the 13th Criminal Provincial Prosecutor of Lima, which is still open.
Lastly, the representatives of the victim requested the Court to order the State
“forthwith”: a) to pay fully to Luis Alberto Cantoral, his mother and his siblings, the
monetary reparations ordered by the Court for pecuniary and non-pecuniary
damage, and the accrued interest; b) to pay the representatives of the victims the
amount ordered by the Court for expenses and costs, and the accrued interest; c) to
publish the judgment on merits delivered by the Court in a national newspaper; d) to
grant Luis Alberto Cantoral the study grant on the conditions previously agreed with
him; e) to annul the conviction against Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides; and f) to
expedite a genuine and decided investigation aimed at identifying and punishing
those responsible for the acts against Luis Alberto.
10.
The note of the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) of
October 9, 2002, requesting the parties to submit a report on the status of
compliance with the judgment on reparations and granting them until November 8,
2002.
11.
The communication of the victim’s representatives of October 11, 2002,
reiterating the contents of their brief of July 22, 2002, stating that the State “had
not adopted the pending measures” to comply with the Court’s judgment in the
instant case.
12.
The note of the State of November 8, 2002, in which it advised that the
following actions were pending implementation in order to comply effectively with
the Court’s rulings: payment of compensation to the beneficiaries; the promised
grant for the victim’s studies; publication of the judgment on merits in a national
newspaper; and investigation of the facts and punishment of those responsible for
the human rights violations suffered by Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides. In this
respect, Peru indicated some of the measures taken to comply with the judgment on
reparations of December 3, 2001.
13.
The brief of the victim’s representatives of November 7, 2002, in which they
reiterated the contents of their previous brief and stated that the State had not made
the payments corresponding to compensation or to costs and expenses; that Peru
had not complied with annulling the verdict of the Supreme Court of Justice that
convicted the victim; that, on March 27, 2002, the Judiciary decided to suspend the
arrest warrants and to annul the victim’s police, criminal and judicial records; that
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