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209. In attention to the right of people imprisoned to a decent life in the criminal
establishments, the State must adopt, within a reasonable time, measures tending to
create conditions that ensure the inmates an adequate diet, medical attention, and
physical and sanitary conditions pursuant with the international standards on this
subject.130
210. Within the measures of non-repetition adopted in the present case, the State
must implement, within a reasonable period of time, a training program on human
rights for the officers that work in the penitentiary centers.
F) Costs and Expenses
211.
Arguments of the Commission:
It requested that the Court, once it had heard the representatives and the
victim, order the State to pay the costs originated in the domestic jurisdiction,
as well as those incurred in at an international level before the Commission and
the Court.
212.
Arguments of the representatives:
a)
during the processing of the judicial dossier No. 1205/97 before the
Sectional Court of First Instance of Tela and the process before the
Commission, Alfredo López Álvarez was assisted by various legal
representatives. OFRANEH requested the amount of US$64,117.00 (sixty four
thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars of the United States of America)
for professional fees;
b)
OFRANEH incurred in administrative expenses for the defense of Alfredo
López Álvarez, such as: mobilization of leaders to carry out procedures before
the judicial system, photocopies, communication, lobbying meetings, meetings
with the communities and with international organizations. For this concept it
requested US$18,628.00 (eighteen thousand six hundred and twenty eight
dollars of the United States of America), and
c)
CEJIL incurred in expenses related with the obtainment of information
and evidence in Honduras in order to attend to the process before the Court,
which includes purchase of airplane tickets, travel expenses, and expenses
related to the trip of a witness that appeared before the Court. In this respect,
it requested the amount of US$5,250.25 (five thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars of the United States of America with twenty-five cents).
213.
Arguments of the State
a)
it stated that the costs and expenses referred to in the application do not
proceed.
Considerations of the Court
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Cf. Case of Raxcacó-Reyes, supra note 93, para. 134; Case of Fermín Ramírez, supra note 93, para.
130(f); and Case of Caesar. Judgment of March 11, 2005. Series C 123, para. 134.
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