140 (sister), Sara Paola Pinzón López, (sister), Esther Pinzón López, (sister) and Luz Mery Pinzón López (sister); and vi. Jaime Riaño Colorado (victim) and Luz Mery Pinzón López (spouse). 250. Pleadings of the State a) with regard to the beneficiaries, the State will abide by the evidence submitted to the Court; b) it recognizes as proven victims of the facts those whom the domestic judicial and disciplinary authorities have identified as such in final rulings; c) it asks the Court, while acknowledging the existence of possible damages in favor of unidentified victims, to order that for purposes of payment the “provide authentic evidence of their tie to the victim to receive payment of the respective compensation;” and d) the criteria for reparation and compensation of the closest next of kin must be established. While the evidence offered by the Commission and the representatives provides indicia of said status, it is insufficient for a judgment that is free of uncertainty. It would be possible to resort to a motion for regulation of injuries based on Law 288 of 1996, in combination with the establishment of a revolving fund that is replenished as the disbursements ensured by it and managed as a trust fund are made, with the potential victims as beneficiaries, as the Court has done in previous cases, and if they do not appear with complete documentation within a reasonable term of two years, that the monies be used by public agencies in charge of aiding the victims of violence in Colombia, such as the Red de Solidaridad. Considerations of the Court 251. The Court will now establish who must be considered the “injured party” under the terms of Article 63(1) of the American Convention, and therefore entitled to the reparations ordered by the Court, regarding both pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages, as appropriate. 252. We should recall that in adjudicatory proceedings before the Court, the interested party must state the beneficiary or beneficiaries.278 Nevertheless, bearing in mind the specificities of this case and of the acknowledgment of international responsibility by the State, the Court must order reparations for those victims and next of kin whom it has not been possible to identify individually (supra para. 247). 253. First of all, the Court considers that the approximately 49 individuals executed or missing, regarding whose death the State has acknowledged its international responsibility, are “injured parties”, as victims of violation of the rights embodied in Articles 4(1), 5(1), 5(2), 7(1) and 7(2) of the American Convention, in combination 278 See Case of the Moiwana Community, supra note 4, para. 177; Case of the Plan de Sánchez Massacre, supra note 5, para. 62, and Case of the “Juvenile Reeducation Institute”, supra note 4, para. 273.

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