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compensatiorr".
She adds that while in the present
owed to her by the Respondent
case she focuses on the payment
State, it is important
to emphasize
of compensation
that in the case of serious violations
such as those committed
in the present case, reparations
should also involve restitution,
measures
and guarantees
of non-repetition
such as changes in law and practices".
argues that according
to international
jurisprudence,
of satisfaction
4. The Complainant
a human rights violation,
se48.
per
She further
reparation
constitutes
compensation
but fails to provide adequate
indicates
that in the jurisprudence
a "procedural"
for ill-treatment,
or provides
of the European
where a State is responsible
this failure will constitute
of the ECtHR, failure
compensation
a "procedural"
Convention
on Human
a violation
to provide
at a level below what it considers
violation
for
adequate
if a State fails to provide
violation of the relevant law. Accordingly,
States may be found to have committed
other ill-treatment)
reparation,
rehabilitation,
of Article 3 (prohibition
appropriate,
of torture and
Rights49 . In the same vein, the IACtHR
found that the State party was in violation of the right to judicial protection,
and of the general obligation
in Article 1(1) to respect and ensure rights50 .
5. The Complainant
compensation,
alleges that the Respondent
by not enforcing
the judgment
State has failed to provide
an effective remedy,
of its own court awarding
compensation.
including
Alleged Violation of the Right to Property under Article 14 of the African Charter
6. The Complainant
states that the jurisprudence
of a State to pay a compensation
right to property
protected
of the African Commission
award made in a court judgment
has established
constitutes
that the failure
in itself a violation
of the
by Article 14 of the African Charter. She explains that in Bissangou v. Congo,
ibid; see, for example, ECtHR, Kopylov v. Russia (2010), Appl. No. 3933/04, 29 July 2010, para. 130 (in the case of a violation
of Article 3 of the Convention, compensation for the material and moral damage arising from the violation must in principle
be available within the range of remedies); see, for further information, UN Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to
a Remedy and Reparation, para. 20; UN Convention against Torture, Article 14; Inter-American Convention to Prevent and
Punish Torture, Article 9.
47 See, for example, UN Basic Pri.nciples and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation; CAT, General Comment
No.3, paras. 2, 6-18
48 Human Rights Committee, Horvath
v. Australia, Comm. No. 1885/2009, CCPR/C/1l0/D/1885/2009,
27 March 2014,
paras. 8.5 and 8.8.
Ibid, para 8.6.
49 See, for example, ECtHR, Kopylov v. Russia (2010), App!. No. 3933/04, 29 July 2010, paras. 143-150.
50 IACtHR, Acevedo Jaramillo et al. v. Peru, Series C No. 144, Judgment (Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and
Costs) of 7 February 2006, para. 220.
Ibid, para. 278; IACHR, Access to Justice as a Guarantee of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A S,!ud_yof the Rules
Established by the Inter-American System of Human Rights, Chapter V: The Substance of the Right t -t1~~tiveI'J~~dJctional
Protection against Violations of Social Rights, 7 September 2007, para. 322.
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