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this obligation to make reparation are regulated by international law.207 In its decision in
this regard, the Court has based itself on Article 63(1) of the American Convention.
153. In keeping with the above-mentioned findings on merits and the violations of the
Convention declared in the preceding chapters, as well as in light of the criteria established
in the Court’s case law in relation to the nature and scope of the obligation to repair,208 the
Court will proceed to examine the claims submitted by the Commission and by the
representative concerning reparations, in order to decide on measures tending to repair the
damage.
A)
INJURED PARTY
154. The Court will determine who should be considered an “injured party” in the terms of
Article 63(1) of the American Convention and, consequently, eligible for the reparations the
Court establishes.
155. First, the Court finds that Yvon Neptune is the “injured party,” as a victim of the
violations of the Convention that have been declared, so that he is eligible for any
reparations that the Court establishes for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage, if
applicable.
156. In addition, in its final written arguments, the Commission asked that, “considering
the damage and suffering caused to the victim’s family members […], they also should be
considered beneficiaries of reparations”; 209 however, it did not identify these family
members. The representative in his final written arguments, and Mr. Neptune in his
statement, requested that, when determining the reparations, the Court bear in mind “the
inability of Marie Jose Neptune [Mr. Neptune’s wife] to work during his detention, owing to
her constant travel between Haiti, where she helped her husband, and the United States,
where her daughter lives and where she feels safe; because she found it hard to
concentrate on her work owing to the uncertainty about Mr. Neptune’s situation and the fear
that someone would kill him or that he would die of an illness or as a result of his hunger
strike.
157. In this regard, the Court has verified that the facts described in the preceding
paragraph do not appear among the facts set out in the application filed by the Commission
in this case. Also, the representative did not present a brief with pleas and motions, in
which he could have referred to this situation. In this regard, the Court reaffirms its case
law that, in principle, “it is not admissible to allege new facts, distinct from those set out in
207
Cf. Aloeboetoe et al. v. Suriname. Reparations and costs. Judgment of September 10, 1993. Series C No.
15, para. 44; The Saramaka People v. Suriname, supra note 36, para. 186, and Boyce et al. v. Barbados, supra
note 47, para. 117.
208
Cf. Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras. Reparations and costs, supra note 206, paras. 25-26; Garrido and
Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations and costs. Judgment of August 27, 1998. Series C No. 39, para. 43, and The
“White Van” (Paniagua Morales et al.) v. Guatemala. Reparations and costs, supra note 39, paras. 76-79. See also,
La Cantuta v. Perú, supra note 42, paras. 200-203, and The Miguel Castro Castro Prison v. Perú, supra note 39,
paras. 414-416
209
Cf. Final written arguments presented by the Commission, supra note 19, para. 65 (folio 314).
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