32. In its observations of December 13, 2010, the Inter-American Commission assessed positively the State’s efforts to strengthen the “CIEDEF professional staff,” as well as to seek financial support for its functioning. Nevertheless, the Commission considered it important that the State present further information on the sustainability of the measures (given that the CIEDEF project relies mainly on resources from international cooperation), their specific results, and the work plans. 33. The Court assesses positively the steps taken by the State to provide CIEDEF with human and material resources, as well as the actions to implement the project “Contribution to the full exercise of human rights and the strengthening of democracy” under which “priority has been given to the search for the mortal remains of Renato Ticona.” Therefore, the Court will take into consideration the actions and steps taken by CIEDEF in this regard. In addition, it should be emphasized that, for CIEDEF to fulfill its mandate, and to carry out the programs it launches satisfactorily, the State must ensure their sustainability. Based on the foregoing, the Court considers that the measures taken by the State in order to comply fully with the fifteenth operative paragraph of the judgment are sufficient. G) Regarding the obligation to pay Honoria Estrada de Ticona, César Ticona Olivares, Hugo Ticona Estrada, Betzy Ticona Estrada and Rodo Ticona Estrada the amounts awarded as compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary damage and as reimbursement of costs and expenses, and construction of a house (sixteenth operative paragraph of the judgment) 34. Regarding the compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and reimbursement of costs and expenses, the State advised that Supreme Decree No. 0262 had been issued on August 26, 2009, establishing the financial mechanism to pay the pecuniary obligations arising from the judgment. In this regard, it indicated that it had proceeded to transfer the amounts ordered by the Court to the personal accounts of Honoria Estrada de Ticona, César Ticona Olivares, Hugo Ticona Estrada, Betzy Ticona Estrada and Rodo Ticona Estrada. The said amounts were delivered in full to the victims without any reductions for possible taxes or charges. The State added that, on September 29, 2009, an act was held with regard to compliance with the compensatory measures in the presence of high-ranking authorities of the Executive, international human rights representatives and, it emphasized, all the members of the Ticona Estrada family. According to the State, this ceremony constituted a form of reparation for the family. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Choquehuanca Céspedes, and the Minister of Justice at the time, Celima Torrico Rojas, were present and Hugo Ticona intervened on behalf of the family. Lastly, the State indicated that, during this act, the respective orders of payment issued by the Central Bank of Bolivia were delivered and, for legal purposes, the record of their delivery was signed. 35. In their observations of December 17, 2010, the representatives did not refer to the payment of the compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage or to the reimbursement of costs and expenses. 36. However, the Inter-American Commission assessed positively the information provided by the State regarding the payments established in the judgment, and considered that the available information reveals compliance with the said payments. 10

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