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victim" is by granting them the most favorable benefits that Honduran
legislation provides for Hondurans in the case of accidental death.
FOURTH:
The Commission recognizes the Government's offer as an important
step toward the just compensation of the victim's family, but believes
that it should also create for the benefit of the heirs a fund whose
amount and form of payment should be determined by the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights, taking into account the
requirements of international law and those of Honduran legislation.
6.
The attorneys recognized as counselors or advisers to the Commission (hereinafter "the
attorneys") asked the Court for a public hearing to receive a psychiatric report on the moral
damages suffered by the victim's family and the testimony of one of the experts on the methods
and conclusions of the report.
7.
Citing paragraph 2 of the Resolution of January 20, 1989, Mrs. Emma Guzmán de
Velásquez, the wife of Angel Manfredo Velásquez Rodríguez (also known as Manfredo Velásquez),
submitted a pleading dated February 26, 1989, in which she asked the Court to order the
Government to comply with the following points:
1)
An end to forced disappearances in Honduras.
2)
An investigation of each of the 150 cases.
3)
A complete and truthful public report on what happened to the disappeared
persons.
4)
The trial and punishment of those responsible for this practice.
5)
A public undertaking to respect human rights, especially the rights to life,
liberty, and integrity of the person.
6)
A public act to honor and dignify the memory of the disappeared. A street,
park, elementary school, high school, or hospital could be named for the
victims of disappearances.
7)
The demobilization and disbanding of the repressive bodies especially created
to kidnap, torture, make disappear and assassinate.
8)
Guarantees to respect the work of humanitarian and family organizations and
public recognition of their social function.
9)
An end to all forms of overt or indirect aggression or pressure against the
families of the disappeared and public recognition of their honor.
10)
The establishment of a fund for the primary, secondary, and universitary
education of the children of the disappeared.
11)
Guaranteed employment for the children of the disappeared who are of
working age.
12)
The establishment of a retirement fund for the parents of the disappeared.