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obligation to make reparations are regulated by international law.144 The Court has based its
decisions in this regard on Article 63(1) of the American Convention.
199. Within the framework of the partial acknowledgement made by the State (supra
paras. 6 and 20 to 26), and according to the findings on merits described above and the
violations of the Convention declared in the preceding chapters, as well as in light of the
criteria established in the Court’s case law concerning the nature and scope of the obligation
to make reparations,145 the Court will rule on the claims submitted by the Commission and
the representatives, and on the position of the State with regard to reparations, and will
order measures designed to repair the damage.
A)
INJURED PARTYS
200. The Court finds that, pursuant to Article 63(1) of the American Convention, the
following persons are the “injured party” as victims of the violations that have been
declared (supra paras. 106, 110, 115, 127, 130, 144 and 169); they will therefore be
beneficiaries of the reparations ordered by the Court: Jesús María Valle Jaramillo, Nelly Valle
Jaramillo, Carlos Fernando Jaramillo Correa, María Leticia Valle Jaramillo, Ligia Valle
Jaramillo, Luzmila Valle Jaramillo, Magdalena Valle Jaramillo, Romelia Valle Jaramillo,
Marina Valle Jaramillo, Darío Valle Jaramillo, Octavio Valle Jaramillo, Alfonso Montoya
Restrepo, Luis Fernando Montoya Valle, Gloria Lucía Correa, Carlos Enrique Jaramillo
Correa, María Lucía Jaramillo Correa, Ana Carolina Jaramillo Correa, Jesús Emilio Jaramillo
Barrera, Adela Correa de Jaramillo, Blanca Lucía Jaramillo Correa, Romelia Jaramillo Correa,
Nellyda Jaramillo Correa, José María Jaramillo Correa, Luis Eugenio Jaramillo Correa, Gloria
Elena Jaramillo Correa, Adriana María Jaramillo Correa, Blanca Inés Valle Jaramillo, Gonzalo
de Jesús Jaramillo Correa, Juan Guillermo Valle Noreña, John Jairo Valle Noreña and Luz
Adriana Valle Noreña.
B)
COMPENSATION
201. The Court will determine the pertinence of ordering pecuniary reparations in this
case and their respective amounts; to this end, it will take into account that the State has
provided compensation to some of the victims in the present case pursuant to a judicially
approved settlement agreement reached through a domestic action under administrative
law.
202. In the instant case, the Court has recognized the role played by the Colombian
administrative jurisdiction in providing pecuniary reparations for the human rights violations
(supra para. 167). Thus, the Court observes that, on September 28, 2007, a Settlement
Agreement146 was approved between, on the one hand, the State of Colombia, represented
144
Cf. Aloeboetoe et al. v. Suriname. Reparations and costs. Judgment of September 10, 1993. Series C No.
15, para. 44; Case of Bayarri, supra note 13, para. 120, and Case of Heliodoro Portugal, supra note 13, para. 169.
145
Cf. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez, supra note 143, paras. 25 to 27; Case of Bayarri, supra note 13, para.
122, and Case of Heliodoro Portugal, supra note 13, para. 218.
146
Compensation was agreed for “non-pecuniary damage,” “pecuniary damage owed,” and “future pecuniary
damage” in favor of Luzmila Valle Jaramillo, María Magdalena Valle Jaramillo, María Nelly Valle Jaramillo, and Luis
Fernando Montoya Valle; and compensation only for “non-pecuniary damage” in favor of Jesús María Valle
Jaramillo, María Leticia Valle Jaramillo, Ligia Amparo Valle Jaramillo, Blanca Inés Valle Jaramillo, Romelia Valle
Jaramillo, Marina Valle Jaramillo, and Octavio de Jesús Valle Jaramillo. Settlement Decision of April 26, 2007,
Council of State, Administrative Law Chamber. Third Section, Reporting Judge: Mauricio Fajardo, File No. 32793
(2000-00925), (file of attachments to the brief answering the application, attachment 5, folios 2019 to 2026). The
Settlement Agreement was approved on September 28, 2007 (file of documents submitted during the public
hearing, folio 2797).
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