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264. Consequently, the State must allocate to Mr. Vélez Loor only once, within a
term of six months as of notification of this Judgment, the amount of US$ 7,500,00
(seven thousand five hundred dollars of the United States of America) for the
specialized medical and psychological treatment and care, as well as medicines and
other future related expenses.
2.
Measures of satisfaction
a)
Publication of the Judgment
265. The Commission did not refer to this measure of satisfaction. On its behalf, the
representatives requested the Court "to order the Panamanian State the entire
publication of the Judgment, in the Official Gazette of Panama and in two newspapers
with national circulation in the country, elected in common agreement by the victim
and his representatives.” In the final arguments, they indicated that, for the sake of
redeeming the honor and dignity of Mr. Vélez Loor in relation to his family in Ecuador,
the pertinent parts of the Judgment must also be published in a newspaper with
national circulation in Ecuador. The State mentioned that the publication of the
Judgment the Court may order is already guaranteed in light of the content of Article
31 of its Rules of Procedure.
266. The Court deems that the instant measure of satisfaction is relevant and
significant to restore the dignity of the victim, who suffered physically and emotionally
as a result of the arbitrary deprivation of his liberty, the cruel, inhumane, and
degrading conditions to which he was subjected during his imprisonment and the
disappointment and harm due to an immigration proceeding without the due
guarantees. Based on the foregoing, as this Tribunal has held in other cases,303 the
State shall publish, at least once, in the Official Gazette of Panama, this Judgment,
with the corresponding headings and subheadings, but without the corresponding
footnotes, as well as the operative paragraphs of the Judgment. Furthermore, the
State must publish in a newspaper with national circulation in Panama and in another
newspaper of Ecuador, the official summary of the Judgment prepared by the Court.
In addition, as the Court has ordered on previous occasions,304 this Judgment must be
entirely published in an official website and be available for a period of one year. The
Court establishes the term of one year, as of notification of this Judgment, to publish
the Judgment in the Official Gazette, the newspapers, and the Internet.
3.
Obligation to investigate the alleged acts of torture and other
injuries committed to the detriment of Mr. Vélez Loor and to identify,
prosecute and, if applicable, punish those responsible
267. The Commission requested the Court to order the State to conduct a serious
and diligent investigation into the allegations of torture allegedly committed under the
jurisdiction of the Panamanian State to the detriment of Mr. Vélez Loor.
268. The representatives sustained that the Panamanian State must seriously and
thoroughly investigate the acts of torture committed to the detriment of Mr. Vélez
Loor, in relation to all the participants that must be punished according to the
seriousness of the violations committed. Furthermore, they pointed out that it is
necessary to investigate the identity of the officials responsible for other violations
303
Cf. Case of Barrios Altos, supra note 302, Operative Paragraph 5.d); Case of Ibsen Cárdenas and
Ibsen Peña, supra note 28, para. 244, and Case of Rosendo Cantú et al., supra note 27, para. 229.
304
Cf. Case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters v. El Salvador. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of
March 1, 2005. Series C N°. 120, para. 195; Case of Ibsen Cárdenas and Ibsen Peña, supra note 28, para.
244, and Case of The Xákmok Kásek Indigenous Community, supra note 28, para. 298.
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