65 the sentence imposed for a punishment in accordance with the guilt of the accused; and z) take the necessary measures, of fact and of law, so that the Guatemalan legal system complies with the procedural requirements established in the national and international norms on human rights. It must also strengthen the Institute of Criminal Court Appointed Defense Counsel and approve an adequate budget for the public defender system. In relation to the expenses and costs aa) the stipulations of Guatemala’s internal legislation must be applied for the calculation of professional fees of the lawyers that have represented Mr. Fermín Ramírez; and bb) the Institute of Public Criminal Defense Services and the Institute of Compared Studies in Criminal Sciences have incurred in expenses related to the case before the national and international jurisdiction. The State must compensate them for these expenditures, which amount to $11,520.30 (eleven thousand five hundred and twenty United States dollars with thirty cents). Arguments of the State 127. In general, it stated that there is no right to reparations in the present case. Considerations of the Court 128. The Court has determined that the State violated in detriment of Mr. Fermín Ramírez the rights enshrined in Articles 8(2)(b), 8(2)(c), 4(6), 5(1), and 5(2), in relation with Article 1(1) of the American Convention, and Articles 4(6) and 9 in relation with Article 2 of the same instrument. A) PECUNIARY AND NON-PECUNIARY DAMAGES 129. Pecuniary damage assumes the loss or detriment of the victim’s income, the expenses incurred in virtue of the facts, and the pecuniary consequences that have a causal link to the violations.107 On the other hand, non-pecuniary damages may include both suffering and affliction caused to the victims of violations of human rights and their next of kin, such as detriment to very significant personal values or their conditions of existence.108 107 Cfr. Case of Huilca Tecse, supra note 102, para. 93; and Case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters, supra note 3, para. 150; and Case of “Juvenile Reeducation Institute”, supra note 8, para. 283. 108 Cfr. Case of Caesar, supra note 3, para. 125; Case of Huilca Tecse, supra note 102, para. 96; and Case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters, supra note 3, para. 156.

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