19 regress its own jurisprudence regarding imperative law (jus cogens) within this scope of protection of the human being, regarding both substantive and procedural law. 62. With this Judgment of the Court in the case of La Cantuta, a historical cycle of rendering of justice by this Court comes to an end, which has revealed that the prevalence of Law is affirmed even in the most adverse conditions for the bearers of human rights - the human being, subject of International Law, even in a status of complete defenselessness, - as it was revealed, for instance, in the cases tried by this Court which took place during the Fujimori regime (Barrios Altos and La Cantuta, among others), the Pinochet regime (Almonacid), and the Stroessner regime (Goiburú y Otros) within the context of the sinister "Operación Cóndor.” On my part, I close with nostalgia this unforgettable period of services rendered and of being personally fulfilled as Encumbent Judge of this Court, period that could not be more gratifying, in the never ending learning process provided by the search -against all kinds of adversity- of the right to the truth and justice, as well as the never ending search of the sense of life, of human existence. Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Judge Pablo Saavedra-Alessandri Secretary