have been declared victims of the violation of any right recognized in this instrument are the injured party. Therefore, the Court considers that Ronald Moya Chacón and Freddy Parrales Chaves are the “injured party” and, as victims of the violations declared in Chapter VII of this judgment, they will be the beneficiaries of the reparations ordered by the Court. B. Restitution 99. The Commission recommended annulling the civil sanction imposed on the journalists Ronald Moya Chacón and Freddy Parrales Chaves. 100. The representatives also asked the Court to require the State “to annul all aspects of the judgment handed down by the Second Circuit Trial Court of San José on January 10, 2007, and its subsequent ratification by the judgment of the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice on December 20, 2007.” They also requested that the State annul any other legal effects that the said judgment could have given rise to, “including all financial effects.” 101. The State contested the measure of reparation requested “because the plaintiffs were guilty of causing unjust harm.” The State also emphasized that the civil compensation had been paid by La Nación, arguing a “lack of legal standing” of the alleged victims “because the only persons authorized to require the payment of damages are those who have suffered harm or their family members.” Moreover, La Nación could not be considered an “injured party” in the terms of the Convention because it was a legal entity. 102. The Court determines that the State must adopt the necessary measures to annul the attribution of civil liability to Freddy Parrales Chaves and Ronald Moya Chacón imposed by judgment No. 02-2007 handed down by the Second Circuit Criminal Court of San José, Goicoechea, on January 10, 2007, and confirmed in cassation by the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice on December 20, 2007; this includes any administrative or judicial record, or the possibility that it could be recognized as a judicial precedent. To comply with this reparation, the State must adopt the administrative, judicial or any other measure necessary within one year of notification of this judgment. It corresponds to the State to identify the legal act, measure or action it can adopt to ensure adequate reparation to the victims in relation to the annulment of this attribution of civil liability. 103. The Court does not find it appropriate to order the repayment of the sums disbursed due to the civil conviction to pay damages and procedural costs because the victims in this case did not have to make this payment (supra para. 48) and there is no record in the body of evidence – and it has not been argued – that La Nación has filed or could eventually file an action against the victims to reclaim the amounts disbursed by the newspaper. C. Measures of satisfaction 104. The Commission recommended, in general, the adoption of measures of satisfaction. 105. The representatives asked the Court to require the State to publish, within six months of notification of the judgment: (a) the official summary of the judgment prepared by the Court, once, in the Official Gazette of Costa Rica in an appropriate and 31

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