TABLE OF CONTENTS
I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND CAUSE OF ACTION ............................................... 3
II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT........................................................................... 3
III JURISDICTION ........................................................................................................ 4
IV ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY ................................................................ 4
A.
The State’s acknowledgment of responsibility and observations of the representatives and
the Commission ............................................................................................................... 5
B.
Considerations of the Court ...................................................................................... 6
B.1. The facts ....................................................................................................... 6
B.2. Legal claims................................................................................................... 6
B.3. Reparations ................................................................................................... 7
B.4. Conclusions: assessment of the acknowledgment of responsibility ........................ 7
V EVIDENCE .................................................................................................................. 8
A.
Documentary evidence ............................................................................................ 8
B.
Admissibility of the testimonial and expert evidence .................................................... 9
VI FACTS ....................................................................................................................... 9
A.
Óscar Iván Tabares Toro .......................................................................................... 9
B.
Óscar Iván Tabares Toro’s disappearance and his family's search for him ..................... 10
C.
Domestic proceedings ............................................................................................ 11
D.
Repercussions of the search for María Elena Toro and her family ................................. 17
VII MERITS ................................................................................................................. 17
VII.1 RIGHTS TO RECOGNITION AS A PERSON BEFORE THE LAW, TO LIFE, TO PERSONAL
INTEGRITY, AND TO PERSONAL LIBERTY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBLIGATION TO
RESPECT AND ENSURE RIGHTS AND ARTICLE I(A) OF THE CIDFP .............................. 18
A.
Arguments of the Commission and the parties .......................................................... 18
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................... 18
VII.2 RIGHTS TO JUDICIAL GUARANTEES AND JUDICIAL PROTECTION, AND THE RIGHT
TO KNOW THE TRUTH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBLIGATION TO RESPECT AND
ENSURE THE RIGHTS OF THE CONVENTION AND ARTICLE I(B) OF THE CIDFP ............ 20
A.
Arguments of the Commission and the parties .......................................................... 20
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................... 21
VII.3 RIGHTS TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY, THE PROTECTION OF HONOR, THE
PROTECTION OF FAMILY, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
OBLIGATION TO RESPECT AND ENSURE THE RIGHTS OF THE CONVENTION ............... 23
A.
Arguments of the Commission and the parties .......................................................... 23
B.
Considerations of the Court .................................................................................... 24
VIII REPARATIONS ..................................................................................................... 29
A.
Injured party ........................................................................................................ 30
B.
Duty to investigate and determine individual responsibility ......................................... 30
C.
Locating Mr. Tabares Toro ...................................................................................... 31
D.
Measure of rehabilitation ........................................................................................ 33
E.
Measures of satisfaction ......................................................................................... 34
G. Other measures requested .......................................................................................... 35
H. Compensation ........................................................................................................... 36
I. Costs and expenses .................................................................................................. 38
J. Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund ................................................................................... 39
K. Method of compliance with the payments ordered .......................................................... 40
IX OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS ...................................................................................... 40
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