17 imperative of the universal juridical conscience, one ought to keep on fostering the development of the peremptory norms of international law (jus cogens) and of the corresponding obligations erga omnes of protection of the human being in any circumstances; - Ninth, all the persons who were withdrawn from the protection of the law such as, in the present case, the disappeared person and also his relatives - are victims and titulaires of the protected rights, forming the "injured party" (in the sense of Article 63(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights) for the effects of reparations; and - Tenth, the victims, thus understood, who form the injured party in the international contentieux of human rights, are, in conclusion, subjects of the International Law of Human Rights, endowed with international legal personality as well as full international legal capacity. Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Judge Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary