78
keeping with the parameters established in the case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters.
227. International case law has established repeatedly that the judgment can constitute
per se a form of reparation.308 Nevertheless, in its case law, the Court has developed the
concept of non-pecuniary damage and has established that it “can include both the suffering
and distress caused to the direct victims and their next of kin, and the impairment of values
that are highly significant to the individual, as well as other changes of a non-pecuniary
nature in the living conditions of the victims or their next of kin.”309
228. The Court has verified that the physical and moral integrity of the then children who
were victims of forced disappearance in this case were affected, resulting in feelings of loss,
abandonment, intense fear, uncertainty, anguish and pain (supra paras. 85). In the specific
case of Gregoria Herminia Contreras, the Court has verified additional effects arising from
her appropriation (supra paras. 98 to 102). Also, the Court has established that, owing to
the facts in this case, the next of kin of the victims suffered psychological effects and
irreversible alterations in their immediate family, uncertainty about the whereabouts of the
victims, and a sense of impotence due to the lack of collaboration of the State authorities
and the impunity generated for more than three decades (supra paras. 120, 121 and 123).
Regarding the siblings of the victims, the Court has found that they also endured suffering,
that harmed their mental and moral integrity (supra paras. 120 and 122). Based on the
foregoing, the Court finds it pertinent to establish, in equity, the following amounts in favor
of the victims as compensation for non-pecuniary damage:
Name
Mejía Ramírez Family
Ana Julia Mejía Ramírez
Carmelina Mejía Ramírez
Arcadia Ramírez Portillo
Avenicio Portillo
María Nely Portillo
Santos Verónica Portillo
Reina Dionila Portillo de Silva
Contreras Recinos Family
Gregoria Herminia Contreras
Relationship
Disappeared victim
Disappeared victim
Mother
Brother
Sister
Sister
Aunt
Disappeared victim, found
Amount
US$
US$
US$
US$
US$
US$
US$
80.000,00
80.000,00
50.000,00
10.000,00
10.000,00
10.000,00
25.000,00
US$ 120.000,00
Serapio Cristian Contreras
Disappeared victim
US$ 80.000,00
Julia Inés Contreras
Disappeared victim
US$ 80.000,00
María Maura Contreras
Fermín Recinos Ayala
Julia Gregoria Recinos Contreras
Marta Daysi Leiva Contreras
Nelson Geovany Contreras
Rubén de Jesús López Contreras
Sara Margarita López Contreras
Santos Antonio López Contreras
Rivera Rivera Family
José Rubén Rivera
Margarita Dolores Rivera de Rivera
Agustín Antonio Rivera Gálvez
Juan Carlos Rivera
Agustín Antonio Rivera Rivera
Mother
US$ 50.000,00
Father
Sister
Sister
Brother, deceased
Brother
Brother
Brother
US$
US$
US$
US$
US$
US$
US$
50.000,00
10.000,00
10.000,00
10.000,00
10.000,00
10.000,00
10.000,00
Disappeared victim
Mother
Father
Brother, deceased
Brother
US$
US$
US$
US$
US$
80.000,00
50.000,00
50.000,00
10.000,00
10.000,00
308
Cf. Case of El Amparo v. Venezuela. Reparations and costs. Judgment of September 14, 1996. Series C No.
28, para. 35; Case of Mejía Idrovo, supra note 19, para. 134, and Case of Chocrón Chocrón, supra note 19, para.
149.
309
Case of the “Street Children” (Villagrán Morales et al.) v. Guatemala. Reparations and costs. Judgment of
May 26, 2001. Series C No. 77, para. 84; Case of Mejía Idrovo, supra note 19, para. 150, and Case of Chocrón
Chocrón, supra note 19, footnote 210.
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