18 Partially, for the violation of the right to a fair trial [judicial guarantees], enshrined in Articles 8(1) and 8(2) subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f), and 25 of the Convention, in conjunction with Article 1(1) therein, regarding the application of the punishment of two years’ imprisonment ordered by means of Order 7306 of December 6, 2002, issued by the National Office of Immigration and Naturalization. 59. At the public hearing, the State repeated its partial acknowledgment of responsibility, specified the aspects acknowledged as to the arrest conditions, and indicated that such acknowledgment does not apply to: i) Article 2 of the American Convention insofar as the Panamanian legal system establishes the mechanisms of protection necessary to ensure personal liberty, ii) the alleged acts of torture referred to by the representatives; and, iii) the alleged violation of the right to appeal the judgment contemplated in subsection h) Article 8(2) of the Convention. 60. In its final written arguments, the State repeated that “it maintains the partial acknowledgment of responsibility regarding the facts,” As to the right of personal liberty, “it acknowledge[d] responsibility for the application of the punishment established by Article 67 of Decree Law 16 of 1960 […] without having guaranteed, in the instant case, Mr. Vélez the possibility for preparing his defense before the application of such punishment. This measure constituted the violation of the right to personal liberty, embodied in Articles 7(1), 7(3), 7(4), 7(5), and 7(6) of the [American Convention] in conjunction with the general obligation contained in Article 1(1) [therein].” Regarding Article 7(1) of the American Convention, “it expressed its acknowledgment of responsibility for the partial non-compliance with the obligation contained in Article 1(1) of the Convention, insofar as the arrest ordered by the Order of December 6 only partially took into account the guarantees contained in Articles 7(3), 7(4), and 7(5), which in turn constitutes non-compliance with the general obligation to respect the norms of the Convention.” As to Article 7(3) of the American Convention, “[t]he State acknowledged, regarding Order 7306, the responsibility for the violation of the right enshrined in Article 7(3) in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Convention in view of the non-compliance with the obligation to promptly notify Mr. Vélez Loor of the reasons for his arrest as of the issuance of said Order 7306 of December 6, 2002.” In relation to Article 7(4) of the American Convention, the State expressed that “[d]espite it being true that the State orally informed Mr. Vélez of the reasons for the imposition of such punishment, as of his arrest and, despite Mr. Vélez having been deported in the month of January of 2002 under penalty of the punishment contained in Article 67 of [Decree Law] 16, the State admits that, in light of its domestic legal system and its international obligations, such actions were not sufficient to adequately comply with the obligation to serve a formal notification of the specific charges that would be considered by the [National Direction of Immigration] and with which Jesus Vélez could be punished according to Decree Law 16 [...]. There is no record of the formal written notification of the charges brought against Vélez Loor.” Regarding the right to humane treatment [personal integrity], “[t]he State assum[ed] responsibility for not having guaranteed the appropriate arrest conditions to Mr. Vélez, insofar as the general conditions of the penitentiary centers of the Penitentiary National System of Panama, in which he was detained, (La Palma and La Joyita) did not comply with the standards to guarantee and safeguard the right to humane treatment, which constituted the violation of Articles 5(1) and 5(2) of the [American Convention].” In addition, the State acknowledged “responsibility for the violation of the right to a fair trial [judicial guarantees] and judicial protection embodied in Articles

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