26
employment and financial situation deteriorated.59 All of this has resulted in
pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage;
58.26 Maritza Urrutia continues to suffer because of the impunity that reigns in this
case.60
Regarding the pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage caused to the next of kin of
Maritza Urrutia
58.27 The social and employment relations of the next of kin of Maritza Urrutia
were affected, so that they have suffered pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage;61
Regarding the expenses incurred by the alleged victim and her next of kin
58.28. The next of kin of Maritza Urrutia incurred a series of expenses related to the
different measures they took before various organizations;62
Regarding the representation of Maritza Urrutia before the inter-American system for
the protection of human rights and the expenses relating to her representation
58.29. Maritza Urrutia has been represented by the Centro para la Acción Legal en
Derechos Humanos (CALDH) in the measures taken before the Commission and the
Court, and this organization has incurred a series of expenses with regard to these
measures.63
VIII
VIOLATION OF ARTICLES 7 AND 1(1)
(RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY AND
OBLIGATION TO RESPECT RIGHTS)
Arguments of the Commission
59.
With regard to Article 7 of the Convention, in relation to Article 1(1) thereof,
the Commission alleged that:
a)
59
It has been established that Maritza Urrutia was arbitrarily deprived of
her freedom by agents of the State who used force to subdue her and
Cf. Testimony of Edmundo Urrutia Castellanos before the Court on February 21, 2003.
60
Cf. Testimony of Maritza Urrutia before the Court on February 20, 2003; testimony of Edmundo
Urrutia Castellanos before the Court on February 21, 2003; and testimony of Daniel Robert Saxon before
the Court on February 21, 2003.
61
Cf. Testimony of Edmundo Urrutia Castellanos before the Court on February 21, 2003; testimony
of María Pilar García de Urrutia before the Court on February 21, 2003; and testimony of Edmundo
Urrutia García before the Court on February 21, 2003.
62
Cf. Testimony of María Pilar García de Urrutia before the Court on February 21, 2003; and
testimony of Edmundo Urrutia García before the Court on February 21, 2003.
63
Cf. Copy of the vouchers submitted to corroborate the expenses incurred by the representatives
of the alleged victim (file of attachments to the brief with the final arguments of the representatives of
the alleged victim, attachment N, folios 199 to 248).