34 violations of rights protected by the Convention, and for the enormous costs incurred by his relatives to establish the victim's whereabouts". 119. In its final pleadings, the Commission repeated that compensation for Mr. Nicholas Blake's disappearance and death must be fixed by the Court, taking into account the suffering caused to his relatives by the events. 120. In its final pleadings, Guatemala, in consideration of the testimony of Richard R. Blake, Jr., Justo Victoriano Martínez Morales, Ricardo Roberto and Samuel Blake and of its recognition of its delay of justice in this case, requested the Court to render the judgment on the merits and to expedite the reparations proceeding in the case, an agreement on reparations which it had previously sought to establish with the victim's relatives or with the Commission when it accepted partial responsibility (supra para. 27). * * * 121. The Court considers that Guatemala must use all the means at its disposal to investigate the facts denounced and to punish those responsible for what happened to Mr. Nicholas Blake. 122. It is obvious that in the instant case the Court cannot rule that the injured parties be guaranteed enjoyment of their rights that were breached. However, it is proper for reparation to be made for the consequences of the situation that constituted violations of specific rights in this case, which must include fair compensation and reimbursement of the costs incurred by the relatives in their representations in connection with this case. 123. In order to determine the reparations, the Court will need sufficient information and probative evidence, for which purpose it orders that the appropriate procedural phase be opened, and empowers its President to adopt in due course such measures as may be necessary to that end. XVIII 124. Now, therefore THE COURT, by seven votes to one, 1. declares that the State of Guatemala violated, to the detriment of the relatives of Mr. Nicholas Chapman Blake, the judicial guarantees set forth in Article 8(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of the same, in the terms established in paragraphs 96 and 97 of the present judgment, Judge Montiel-Argüello dissenting; unanimously, 2. declares that the State of Guatemala violated, to the detriment of the relatives of Mr. Nicholas Chapman Blake, the right to humane treatment enshrined in Article 5 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in

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