aimed at repairing the harm caused to the victims.188
A.
Injured party
196. The Court reiterates that, under the terms of Article 63(1) of the American Convention,
injured parties are those who have been declared victims of the violation of a right recognized
therein.189 Therefore, this Court considers that Tulio Alberto Álvarez Ramos is the “Injured
Party” and, as the victim of the violations declared in Chapter VII of this judgment, he will be
considered as the beneficiary of the reparations that the Court will now order.
B.
Measures of satisfaction and restitution
197. The Commission asked the Court to set aside the conviction against Mr. Tulio Álvarez
and all the consequences arising therefrom, including the expungement of any records in his
criminal history that would disqualify him from continuing to exercise his rights as a citizen.
It further requested that the decisions of both organs of the Inter-American System in this
case be disseminated throughout the Venezuelan Judiciary.
198. As measures of satisfaction, the representatives requested that the State restore the
full enjoyment of the human rights violated by the criminal proceedings instituted against Mr.
Tulio Álvarez and adopt the measures necessary to annul the judgment delivered by the
Seventh Trial Court.
199. In addition, they requested the removal of all references to Mr. Tulio Álvarez in the
Automated System of Registration and Control of Criminal Records and other records of the
State’s security forces.
200. The representatives also asked the Court to require the publication of this judgment in
the Official Gazette of Venezuela, as well as in the newspaper “La Nación” of Buenos Aires, in
the Republic of Argentina
201.
The State did not refer specifically to the measures of satisfaction.
202. In this judgment, the Court has declared the State responsible for the violation of the
rights to freedom of expression, a fair trial, freedom of movement and residence and political
rights, all recognized in the American Convention. The Court advises that in this case, at the
time of delivering this judgment, Mr. Álvarez has fully complied with his sentence.
203. Therefore, by virtue of the violations proven, the specificities of the case, the time
elapsed and the procedural effects, the Court decides that the State must adopt all necessary
measures to set aside the conviction against Mr. Álvarez and the consequences arising
therefrom, and to expunge all judicial, administrative, criminal, electoral or police records that
exist against him as a result of said conviction. The State must implement these measures
within one year from the notification of this judgment.
204. Regarding the publication of this judgment, as it has in other cases, the Court
establishes that the State shall publish, within six months of notification of this judgment: a)
the official summary of this judgment prepared by the Court, once, in the Official Gazette of
Venezuela, in a legible and appropriate font size; b) the official summary of this judgment
Cf. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras, paras. 25 to 27; and Case of the Dismissed Workers of PetroPeru et
al. v. Peru, para. 197.
189
Cf. Case of the La Rochela Massacre v. Colombia. Merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of May 11, 2007, Series
C, No. 163, para. 233; and Case of Andrade Salmón v. Bolivia, para. 190.
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