- 103 indicated herein, within one year of notification of this judgment, without prejudice to making the
complete payment at an earlier date.
336. If the beneficiaries have died or die before they receive the corresponding amount, this shall
be delivered directly to their heirs, in accordance with the applicable domestic law.
337. The State shall comply with its monetary obligations by payment in United States dollars or
the equivalent in local currency, using the exchange rate in force on the New York Stock Exchange
(United States), the day before payment.
338. If, for reasons that can be attributed to a beneficiary of the compensation or his or her heirs,
it is not possible to pay the amounts established within the term indicated, the State shall deposit
such amounts in his or her favor in an account or certificate of deposit in a solvent Honduran
financial institution, in United States dollars, and in the most favorable financial conditions allowed
by the State’s banking law and practice. If, after ten years, the compensation has not been claimed,
the amounts shall be returned to the State with the interest accrued.
339. The amounts assigned in this judgment as compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary
damage, and to reimburse costs and expenses shall be delivered to the persons indicated integrally,
as established in this judgment, without any deductions resulting from possible taxes or charges.
340. If the State should incur delay, it shall pay interest on the amount owed corresponding to
banking interest on arrears in the Republic of Honduras.
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OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS
341. Therefore,
THE COURT
DECIDES,
unanimously,
1.
To reject the preliminary objection filed by the State with regard to the exhaustion of
domestic remedies, in the terms of paragraphs 19 to 29 of this judgment.
DECLARES,
unanimously, that:
2.
The State is responsible for the violation of Articles 13(1), 15 and 23 of the American
Convention, in relation to Article 1(1) of this instrument, to the detriment of Adán Guillermo López
Lone, because the disciplinary proceeding instituted against him and his subsequent dismissal
constituted an undue restriction of his freedom of expression, right of assembly and political rights,
pursuant to paragraphs 160 to 178.
3.
The State is responsible for the violation of Articles 13(1), 15 and 23 of the American
Convention, in relation to Article 1(1) of this instrument, to the detriment of Luis Alonso Chévez de
la Rocha, because the disciplinary proceeding instituted against him and the refusal to reinstate him