36
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
Pepita M.J. Solega
Antoon Solega
A. Dorothy Solega
H. Roel Solega
K. Delano Solega
M. Sellely Solega or M. Seclely Solega
Awese Lina L. Toetoe
Jozef Toetoe or Jozef Toeboe
Erwin Willemdam
86(18). Many of the Village residents escaped to the forest, where they endured
harsh conditions, and eventually arrived at refugee camps in French Guiana. Others
became internally displaced: some fled to larger towns in the interior of Suriname,
and others to the capital, Paramaribo. These displaced individuals, both in French
Guiana and in Suriname, have suffered poverty and deprivation since their flight
from Moiwana Village, and have been unable to practice their customary means of
subsistence and livelihood.31
86(19). Moiwana Village and its surrounding traditional lands have been abandoned
since the 1986 attack. Some community members have subsequently visited the
area, but without the intention of staying there permanently.32 (infra paragraph
86(43)).
86(20). The Moiwana community members have been unable to recover the
remains of their relatives killed during the attack; in consequence, it has been
impossible for them to provide the deceased with the appropriate death rites as
required by fundamental norms of N’djuka culture (supra paragraphs 86(7) –
86(9)).33
c) Surinamese refugees in French Guiana
86(21). In 1991, arrangements were made – though the assistance of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (hereinafter “UNHCR”) – for the thousands
31
Cf. testimony of Kenneth M. Bilby delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9,
2004; testimony of Antonia Difienjo delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9, 2004;
testimony of Andre Ajintoena delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9, 2004; and
affidavit of expert witness Thomas Polimé, sworn on August 20, 2004 (case file on preliminary objections
and possible merits, reparations and costs, vol. III, pp. 711, 712, and 714).
32
Cf. testimony of Antonia Difienjo delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9,
2004; testimony of Andre Ajintoena delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9, 2004;
testimony of Erwin Willemdam delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9, 2004; and
affidavit of expert witness Thomas Polimé, sworn on August 20, 2004 (case file on preliminary objections
and possible merits, reparations and costs, vol. III, p. 724).
33
Cf. testimony of Kenneth M. Bilby delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9,
2004; testimony of Antonia Difienjo delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9, 2004;
testimony of Andre Ajintoena delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9, 2004; testimony
of Erwin Willemdam delivered before the Inter-American Court on September 9, 2004; and affidavit of
expert witness Thomas Polimé, sworn on August 20, 2004 (case file on preliminary objections and possible
merits, reparations and costs, vol. III, p. 717).