57 1. To reject the preliminary objections filed by the State, in the terms of paragraphs 58 to 60, 65 to 71 and 75 to 78 of this judgment. DECLARES, unanimously, that: 2. The State violated, to the detriment of the 257 victims listed in the Appendix to this judgment, the rights to a fair trial and to judicial protection embodied in Articles 8(1) and 25 of the Convention, in relation to the general obligation to respect and ensure rights and to adopt domestic legal provisions established in Articles 1(1) and 2 thereof, in the terms of paragraphs 106 to 132 of this judgment. 3. This judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation. AND ORDERS, unanimously, that: 4. The State must guarantee to the 257 victims listed in the Appendix to this judgment access to a simple, prompt and effective recourse and, to this end, it must establish, as soon as possible, an independent and impartial body with powers to decide in a binding and final manner, whether or not the said persons were dismissed in a justified and regular manner from the Congress of the Republic, and to establish the corresponding legal consequences, including, if applicable, the relevant compensation based on the specific circumstances of each individual, in the terms of paragraphs 148, 149 and 155 of this judgment. The final decisions of the body established for these effects must be adopted within one year of notification of this judgment. 5. The State must pay, within one year of notification of this judgment, the amount established in paragraph 151 of this judgment, in favor of the 257 victims whose names appear in the Appendix to this judgment, for non-pecuniary damage, in the terms of paragraphs 156 and 158 to 161 of this judgment. 6. The State must pay, within one year of notification of this judgment, the amounts established for costs in paragraph 154, in the terms of paragraphs 157 to 161 of this judgment. 7. The Court will monitor full compliance with this judgment the case closed when the State has fully executed all its terms. notification of this judgment, the State must send the Court measures adopted to comply with it, in the terms of paragraph 162 and will consider Within a year of a report on the hereof. Done at San José, Costa Rica, on November 24, 2006, in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic. Judges Sergio García Ramírez and Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade informed the Court of their separate opinions, which accompany this judgment.