d.2.4 Fund for prevention, protection, and support of women journalists victims of
gender violence
194. In view of the human rights violations found in this judgment, the Court orders the creation of
a fund, which must be used to finance programs aimed at prevention, protection, and support of
women journalists who are victims of gender-based violence in the exercise of their profession, as
well as for adoption of effective protection measures to guarantee the safety of women journalists
who are at special risk due to the exercise of their profession, from a gender perspective. This fund
shall be in addition to any other currently existing plan or program run by State entities intended for
protection, support, and reparation of journalists.
195. The Court establishes, in equity, the amount of US$500,000.00 (five hundred thousand dollars
of the United States of America) for the establishment of this fund. At the beginning of each year,
the State must reimburse the amounts expended during the previous year up to US$500,000. This
fund shall be administered by the entity designated by the State. Delegates from the "No es hora de
callar" campaign and the Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa shall participate in decisions about
the programs it will finance and the allocation of resources.
196. The establishment and launch of this fund must be carried out by the State in no more than 12
months from notification of this judgment. The State must annually submit a detailed report on the
status of the fund, as well as on the charges to it, for five years from the issuance and submission
to the Court of the first report.
d.2.5 Other guarantees of non-repetition requested
197. The Court finds that the delivery of this judgment and the other reparations ordered in addition
are sufficient and adequate to redress the violations suffered by the victims and does not find it
necessary to order the guarantee of non-repetition measures.
F. Compensation
f.1
Pecuniary damage
198. In general, the Commission asked that the State adequately provide both pecuniary and
nonpecuniary reparations for the human rights violations declared to the detriment of the victims.
199. The representatives requested that compensation be awarded for indirect damages and loss
of future earnings in favor of the victims. They indicated that the amount for loss of future earnings
could be determined based on the calculation made in the expert opinion of statistician and lawyer
Fernando Ruiz.
200. The State indicated that the representatives had not presented evidence to demonstrate
indirect damages or loss of future earnings.
201. In its case law, the Court has developed the concept of pecuniary damage and the situations
in which it must be compensated. The Court has established that pecuniary damage involves loss of
or detriment to the income of the victims, the expenses incurred as a result of the facts, and the
pecuniary consequences that have a causal nexus with the facts of the case. 349
349
185.
Cf. Case of Bámaca Velásquez v. Guatemala, supra, para. 43; and Case of Grijalva Good v. Ecuador, supra, para.
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