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exempt from taxes, that the State continue with the investigation, and that the Court
supervise compliance with the judgment.
102.
The State did not comment on these requests.
103. The Court deems that the requests of Mr. Suárez Rosero and the Commission
are reasonable, with the exception of the request made by the Commission which
concerns the time period for payment. In its jurisprudence, the Tribunal has
consistently granted the States a period of six months in which to comply with the
obligations set forth in its judgments on reparations.
104. To comply with the present judgment, the State should carry out the payment
of compensation, the reimbursement of costs and expenses, and the adoption of the
other measures ordered, within a period of six months from the date of notification
of this judgment.
105. The payment of the compensation awarded to Mr. Suárez Rosero and Mrs.
Ramadán Burbano shall be made directly to them. If either of them dies, payment
shall be made to his or her heirs.
106. The reimbursement of the costs and expenses awarded to Alejandro Ponce
Villacís and Richard Wilson shall be made directly to them. If either of them has died
payment shall be made, in the case of Alejandro Ponce Villacís to his heirs, and in
the case of Richard Wilson to American University.
107. As to the compensation awarded to the minor Suárez Ramadán, the State
shall set up within a period of six months from the date of notification of this
judgment, a trust fund in a solvent and sound Ecuadorian banking institution, on the
most favorable terms permitted by banking laws and practice. The interest earned
shall be added to the principal, which shall be conveyed to Micaela Suárez Ramadán
outright when she reaches the age of majority. In case of death, that right shall be
passed to her heirs.
108. If within the period of one year from the date of notification of this judgment
any of the persons named in paragraphs 105 and 106 do not present themselves to
receive the payment awarded, the State shall deposit the amount in question in a
trust in dollars of the United States of America in his or her name, in a banking
institution of recognized solvency in Ecuador and under the most favorable
conditions in accordance with banking practice. If after ten years from the date of
the formation of the trust, these persons or their heirs have not claimed the funds,
the sum shall be returned to the State and this judgment shall be deemed fulfilled.
109. The State can fulfill its obligations through payments in dollars of the United
States of America or in their equivalent in Ecuadorian currency, using for the
conversion the exchange rate for both currencies quoted on the New York market in
the United States of America on the day prior to the date of payment.
110.
The ordered payments shall be exempt from all existing or future taxes.
111. Should the State be in arrears with its payments, it shall pay interest on the
amount owed at the interest rate in effect in Ecuador during the delay in payment.