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NOW, THEREFORE:
THE COURT,
Unanimously
1.
Sets the total reparations at US$722,332.20 to be paid to the next of kin and the
surviving victims referred to in the instant case. This payment shall be made by the State
of Venezuela within six months of the date of notification of the present judgment, and in
the form and conditions set out in the preceding paragraphs.
Unanimously,
2.
Orders the creation of the trust funds in the terms set forth in paragraphs 46 and 47
of this judgment.
Unanimously,
3.
Decides that the State of Venezuela may not impose any tax on the indemnities paid.
Unanimously,
4.
Decides that the State of Venezuela shall be obliged to continue investigations into
the events referred to in the instant case, and to punish those responsible.
By four votes to one,
5.
Declares that it is inappropriate to order non-pecuniary reparations or to rule on the
compatibility with the American Convention on Human Rights of the Code of Military Justice
and the military regulations and instructions,
Judge Cançado Trindade dissenting.
Unanimously,
6.
Decides that it shall supervise compliance with this Judgment and that only when it
has been executed will the case be considered closed.
Unanimously,
7.
Rules that payment of costs shall not be ordered.
Judge Cançado Trindade informed the Court of his dissenting opinion, which shall be
attached to this judgment.
Done in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic, in San José, Costa Rica, on
this fourteenth day of September, 1996.
Héctor Fix-Zamudio