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d. Pay a just compensation to the victims’ next of kin.
6. To transmit this report to the Government of Suriname and to provide the
Government with 90 days to implement the recommendations contained herein. The 90
day period shall begin as of the date this report is sent. During the 90 days in question
the Government may not publish this report, in keeping with Article 47(6) of the
Commission's Regulations.
7. To submit this case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the
event that the Government of Suriname should fail to implement all of the
recommendations contained in numeral 5 above.
18.
On August 27, 1990, the Commission referred the instant case to the Court.
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19.
The Court has jurisdiction to hear the instant case. Suriname has been a
State Party to the Convention since November 12, 1987, when it also recognized the
contentious jurisdiction of the Court pursuant to Article 62 of the Convention.
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20.
In its memorial, the Commission requested the following:
That the Honorable Court find the State of Suriname responsible for the deaths
of Messrs. Aloeboetoe, Daison;
Aloeboetoe, Dedemanu; Aloeboetoe, Mikuwendje;
Amoida, John; Voola, Richenel, alias Aside [or] Ameikanbuka (found alive); Banai,
Martin Indisie, and Tiopo, Beri, while in detention, and hold that these deaths violate
Articles 1(1) (2), 4(1), 5(1) (2), 7(1) (2) (3) and 25 of the American Convention on
Human Rights.
That the Court find that Suriname must pay adequate reparation to the victims’
next of kin and, consequently, order the following: payment of indemnization for
indirect damages and loss of earnings; reparation for moral damages, including the
payment of compensation and adoption of measures to restore the good name of the
victims; and the investigation of the crime committed, with due punishment for those
found to be guilty.
[. . .]
That the Court order Suriname to pay for the costs incurred by the Commission
and the victims in the instant case.
21.
that:
The counter-memorial presented by Suriname requested the Court to declare
1.-Suriname cannot be held responsible for the disappearance and death of the
persons named by the Commission.
2.-In view of the fact that it has not been proved that the violation attributed to
Suriname was committed, Suriname should not have to pay compensation of any type
whatsoever for the death and disappearance of the persons listed in the Commission’s
report.
3.-Suriname be exempted from the payment of costs in the instant case, since
its responsibility for the executions attributed to it has not been demonstrated.