ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF JUNE 19, 2012 CASE OF HELIODORO PORTUGAL V. PANAMA MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE WITH JUDGMENT HAVING SEEN: 1. The Judgment on Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs (hereinafter “the Judgment”) delivered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) on August 12, 2008. 2. The Order for Monitoring Compliance with Judgment issued by the InterAmerican Court on May 28, 2010. In this Order the Court declared that it would keep open the procedure to monitor compliance with the operative paragraphs still pending compliance in the instant case, namely: a) investigate the facts that gave rise to the violations in the instant case, and identify, prosecute and, if applicable, punish those responsible (Operative Paragraph 12 of the Judgment); b) provide the medical and psychological care required by Graciela De León de Rodríguez, Patria Portugal and Franklin Portugal, immediately and free of charge, through its specialized health care institutions (Operative Paragraph 15 of the Judgment) and c) define the offenses of forced disappearance of persons and torture (Operative Paragraph 16 of the Judgment). 3. The briefs of September 8 and November 29, 2010, January 24 and June 20, 2011 and March 8, 2012, in which the Republic of Panama (hereinafter “the State” or “Panama”) reported on its compliance with the Judgment. 4. The briefs of October 7 and 8, 2010, January 10, February 4 and July 20, 2011 and March 30, 2012, in which the victims’ representatives (hereinafter “the representatives”) submitted their observations to the State’s reports. 5. The communications of December 16, 2010, February 22 and October 25, 2011 and of May 1, 2012, in which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) submitted its observations to the reports submitted by the State and to the observations presented by the representatives.

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