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his father:
his mother:
Abinotoe Banai (deceased)
Ajong Aloeboetoe
Deede-Manoe Aloeboetoe
his father:
Abinotoe Banai (deceased)
his mother: Ajong Aloeboetoe
Richenel Voola
his mother: Dadda Aside
Indie Hendrik Banai
his father:
Eketo Tiopo
his mother: Goensikonde Banai
Bernard Tiopo
his mother: Angaloemoeje Tiopo.
XII
79.
The Court considers it appropriate for the next of kin of the victims to be
reimbursed for expenses incurred in obtaining information about them after they
were killed and in searching for their bodies and taking up matters with the
Surinamese authorities. In the specific case of victims Daison and Deede-Manoe
Aloeboetoe, the Commission claims equal sums to cover expenses relating to each of
them. These victims were brothers. It would seem reasonable to conclude,
therefore, that the next of kin took the same steps for both at one and the same
time and incurred in a single outlay. The Court consequently finds it appropriate to
approve a single reimbursement for the two victims.
In its brief, the Commission indicates that in all cases the expenditures were made
by the mother of each victim. For lack of proof to the contrary, the reimbursement
shall be paid to these persons.
80.
The Commission’s brief states that the victims were stripped of some of their
assets and belongings at the time of their detention. However, it does not present a
claim in this regard and the Court will therefore refrain from analyzing this issue.
XIII
81.
The Commission asks the Court to order Suriname to pay the Saramaka tribe
compensation for moral damages and to make certain, non-pecuniary reparations.
Suriname objects to this demand on procedural grounds and maintains that the
Commission presented this claim during the stage fixed for the determination of
compensation. It had not mentioned this issue in its memorial of April 1, 1991.
The Court does not consider the Government’s argument to be well-founded, for in
proceedings before an international court a party may modify its application,
provided that the other party has the procedural opportunity to state its views on the
subject (cf. Factory at Chorzów, merits, supra 43, p. 7; Neuvième rapport