ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF MAY 28, 2010
CASE OF HELIODORO PORTUGAL V. PANAMA
MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH JUDGMENT
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Judgment on the preliminary objections, merits, reparations and legal costs
(hereinafter, the "Judgment") delivered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(hereinafter, the "Court", "the Inter-American Court” or the “Tribunal”) on November 12,
2008, whereby it ordered the State to:
10.
[…] pay Graciela De León, Patria Portugal and Franklin Portugal, the amount
established in paragraph 233 of […] judgment, as compensation for pecuniary damage,
within one year of notification of the judgment, in the terms of paragraphs 233 and 268 to
272 [t]herein.
11.
[…] pay Graciela De León, Patria Portugal and Franklin Portugal, the amounts
established in paragraph 239 of […] judgment, as compensation for non-pecuniary damage,
within one year of notification of the judgment, in the terms of paragraphs 239 and 268 to
272 [t]herein.
12.
[...] investigate the facts that gave rise to the violations in the instant case, and
identify, prosecute and, if applicable, punish those responsible, in the terms of paragraphs
243 to 247 of […] judgment.
13.
[…] publish, once, in the official gazette and in another newspaper with widespread
circulation, Chapters I, III, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X of […] judgment, without the
corresponding footnotes, and its operative paragraphs, within six months of notification of
the judgment, in the terms of paragraph 248 [t]herein.
14.
[…] carry out a public act acknowledging its international responsibility in relation to
the violations declared in this judgment, within six months of notification of the judgment, in
the terms of paragraph 249 [t]herein.
15.
[…] provide the medical and psychological care required by Graciela De León de
Rodriguez, Patria Portugal and Franklin Portugal, free of charge and immediately, through its
specialized health care institutions, in the terms of paragraph 256 of the judgment.
16.
[…] define the offenses of forced disappearance of persons and torture within a
reasonable time, in the terms of paragraphs 181, 189, 192 to 207, 213 to 215 and 259 of
[…] judgment;
17.
[…] make the payment for reimbursement of costs and expenses, within one year of
notification of the judgment, in the terms of paragraphs 267 to 272 [t]hereof.
2.
The briefs of February 25, March 10 and 18, April 13 and 23, 2009, and May 26,
2010, by which the Republic of Panama (hereinafter, the "State" or "Panama")
informed on the compliance with the Judgment.
3.
The communications of February 5 and May 14, 2009, and May 27, 2010, by
which the victims' representatives (hereinafter, the "representatives") presented the
observations to the information submitted by the State.