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of the Yakye Axa Indigenous Community. This Court has also taken into account the
statements by José Alberto Braunstein and Teresa de Jesús Vargas in their
statements before a notary public (supra para. 38.d and 38.e), and by Rodrigo
Villagra and Bartomeu Melia i Lliteres in their statements before this Court during the
public hearing (supra para. 39.e and 39.f).
202. This Court notes that when it orders reparation for non-pecuniary damages, it
must consider the fact that the right to communal property of the members of the
Yakye Axa Community has not been made effective, as well as the grave living
conditions to which they have been subjected as a consequence of the State’s delay
in making their territorial rights effective.
203. Likewise, the Court notes that the special significance of the land for
indigenous peoples in general, and for the Yakye Axa Community in particular (supra
para. 137 and 154), entails that any denial of the enjoyment or exercise of their
territorial rights is detrimental to values that are very representative for the
members of said peoples, who are at risk of losing or suffering irreparable damage to
their cultural identity and life and to the cultural heritage to be passed on to future
generations.
204. The Court also notes that the State partially acquiesced to the claim by the
representatives of the victims regarding guarantees of development of economic,
social, and cultural rights set forth in Article 26 of the American Convention, but with
the reservation that this is appreciably affected by Paraguay’s limitations as a
country with a lower relative development and due to imbalances in international
trade.
205. Bearing in mind the above, as well as the various aspects of the damage
alleged by the Commission and by the representatives, the Court, in fairness and
based on a judicious assessment of the non-pecuniary damage, deems it pertinent
for the State to create a community development fund and program that will be
implemented on the lands that will be given to the members of the Community,
pursuant to paragraphs 215 to 217 of this Judgment. The community program will
consist of the supply of drinking water and sanitary infrastructure. In addition to
said program, the State must allocate US $950,000.00 (nine hundred and fifty
thousand United States dollars), to a community development program that will
consist of implementation of education, housing, agricultural and health programs for
the benefit of the members of the Community. The specific components of said
projects will be decided by the implementation committee, described below, and they
must be completed within two years of the date the land is given to the members of
the Indigenous Community.
206. The committee mentioned in the previous paragraph will be in charge of
deciding the manner of implementation of the development fund, and it will have
three members. Said committee must include a representative appointed by the
victims and another by the State; the third member of said committee will by
appointed by agreement between the victims and the State. If within six months
from the date of notification of this Judgment the State and the representatives have
not reached an agreement regarding membership in the implementation committee,
the Court will summon them to a meeting to decide this matter.
D) OTHER FORMS OF REPARATION
(MEASURES OF SATISFACTION AND GUARANTEES OF NON-RECIDIVISM)
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