76 measure, the State must take all necessary steps to guarantee the effective prosecution and, as appropriate, punishment of the facts constituting forced disappearance through the mechanisms that exist in its domestic law. 220. In addition, the representatives asked the Court to order “the creation of a commission on reparations for disappeared children,” with the necessary independence and funding; different types of reparation should be foreseen, including measures of material restitution and financial compensation. The State reported that, on May 5, 2010, by Executive Decree No. 57, the “National Commission on Reparation for the Victims of the Human Rights Violations that occurred in the Context of the Internal Armed Conflict” was established in order to propose to the President of the Republic, in a duly justified report, the establishment of a presidential program to provide reparation to the victims of serious human rights violations, which would include the young people who have been found. In this regard, the Court considers that the delivery of this judgment and the reparations ordered are sufficient and adequate to remedy the violations suffered by the victims in this case.303 221. Regarding the other requests of the Commission304 and the representatives,305 the Court observes that they were not presented at the appropriate procedural moment; in other words, when submitting the application in this case to the Court’s consideration, and in the pleadings and motions brief. The requests are therefore time-barred and will not be considered.306 E. Compensation 1. Pecuniary damage 222. The Commission asked the Court to establish, in equity, the amount of compensation corresponding to the pecuniary damage caused as a result of the alleged violations. The representatives stated that, in order to find the disappeared children, the victims’ next of kin and the Search Association incurred multiple expenses. In addition, the next of kin incurred different expenses in order to obtain medical attention and medicines as a result of the effect on them of the harm caused. However, since “they do not have documents to support the expenses incurred by the families,” they asked the Court to determine, in equity, the amounts that the State must pay to each family for indirect damage. The State asked the Court to set an amount for the reparation of pecuniary damage in keeping with the parameters established in case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters. 223. In its case law, the Court has developed the concept of pecuniary damage and the hypotheses under which it must be compensated. This Court has established that pecuniary damage assumes “the loss of or detriment to the income of the victims, the expenses incurred as a result of the facts, and the consequences of a pecuniary nature that have a 303 Cf. Case of Radilla Pacheco, supra note 25, para. 359; Case of Cabrera García and Montiel Flores, supra note 272, para. 247, and Case of Vélez Loor, supra note 13, para. 294. 304 During the public hearing and in its brief with final observations, the Commission expressed the need for the State to ensure that “symbols of honor are removed from perpetrators of serious violations in the context of the armed conflict, including the designation of certain military ranks with the name Domingo Monterrosa.” 305 In their brief of final arguments, the representatives asked the Court to order the State “to designate a State entity” with specialized personnel and adequate operating resources with “the authority and responsibility to review the archives held by the Armed Forces in order to classify them and make them available to the corresponding authorities.” 306 Cf. Case of Radilla Pacheco, supra note 25, para. 359; Case of Gelman, supra note 16, para. 269, and Case of Rosendo Cantú et al., supra note 137, para. 269.

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