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i)
The victim’s family incurred a variety of expenses as a result of the
administrative and judicial procedures they pursued under Peruvian law. The
Fundación Ecuménica para el Desarrollo y la Paz (FEDEPAZ), the Center for
Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and Human Rights Watch/Americas
undertook representation of the victim23 and brought the case to the interAmerican human rights system, incurring certain expenses in the process.24
VI
BENEFICIARIES
36.
The Court will now determine which persons are to be regarded as an “injured
party” within the meaning of Article 63(1) of the American Convention. Inasmuch as
the Convention violations that the Court established in its judgment of August 18,
2000, were committed to the detriment of Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides, he must
be regarded as an “injured party” and as such is entitled to the reparations
established by the Court in the present case.
representatives; May 21, 1998 memorandum from the Deputy Director of the Asociación Pro Derechos
Humanos and Gladys Benavides López Cantoral to Peru’s Ombudsman; September 24, 1993 brief that
Gladys Benavides filed with the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights seeking personal
guarantees; April 6, 1995 certificate from the Deputy Coordinator General of the Asociación Pro Derechos
Humanos (APRODEH) on a complaint that Gladys Benavides López had filed with that institution; May 20,
1998 medical certificate issued by the Medical Department of the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería on a
contusion sustained by Alonso Cantoral Benavides and the treatment he received; memorandum No. 09594-CODEH-ICA, dated December 5, 1994, from the Executive Secretary of the Ica Human Rights
Commission to the Chief Prosecutor of the Ica Court District; and an August 13, 1997 memorandum from
the attorney of the Legal Department to the Administrator of FEDEPAZ.
23
Cf. Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides’ testimony to the Court on September 6, 2001, at the public
hearing on reparations in the present case; Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides’ testimony to the Court on
September 20, 1999, at the public hearing on the merits of the present case; Gladys Benavides López’
testimony to the Court on September 6, 2001, at the public hearing on reparations in the present case;
handwritten notes from Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides and Luis Fernando Cantoral Benavides to their
mother, in appendices 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the evidence on reparations tendered by the victim’s
representatives; document dated May 21, 1998, from the Deputy Director of the Asociación Pro Derechos
Humanos and Gladys Benavides López Cantoral to Peru’s Ombudsman; September 24, 1993 brief that
Gladys Benavides López filed with the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights seeking personal guarantees;
certificate, dated April 6, 1995, from the Deputy Coordinator General of the Asociación Pro Derechos
Humanos (APRODEH) on a complaint that Gladys Benavides López had filed with that institution; medical
certificate, dated May 20, 1998, from the Medical Department of the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería on
a contusion sustained by Alonso Cantoral Benavides and the treatment he received; December 5, 1994
memorandum No. 095-94-CODEH-ICA from the Executive Secretary of the Ica Human Rights Commission
to the Chief Prosecutor of the Ica Court District; and August 13, 1997 memorandum from the attorney of
the Legal Department to the Administrator of FEDEPAZ.
24
Cf. Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides’ testimony to the Court on September 6, 2001, at the public
hearing on reparations in the present case; Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides’ testimony to the Court on
September 20, 1999, at the public hearing on the merits of the present case; Gladys Benavides López’
testimony to the Court on September 6, 2001, at the public hearing on reparations in the present case;
handwritten notes from Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides and Luis Fernando Cantoral Benavides to their
mother, in appendices 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the evidence on reparations tendered by the victim’s
representatives; document of May 21, 1998, from the Deputy Director of the Asociación Pro Derechos
Humanos and Gladys Benavides López Cantoral to Peru’s Ombudsman; September 24, 1993 brief that
Gladys Benavides López filed with the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights seeking personal guarantees;
certificate, dated April 6, 1995, from the Deputy Coordinator General of the Asociación Pro Derechos
Humanos (APRODEH) on a complaint that Gladys Benavides López had filed with that institution; medical
certificate, dated May 20, 1998, from the Medical Department of the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería on
a contusion sustained by Alonso Cantoral Benavides and the treatment he received; December 5, 1994
memorandum No. 095-94-CODEH-ICA from the Executive Secretary of the Ica Human Rights Commission
to the Chief Prosecutor of the Ica Court District; and August 13, 1997 memorandum from the attorney of
the Legal Department to the Administrator of FEDEPAZ.