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pertinent to establish, in fairness, the sum of US$1,000.00 (one thousand
United States dollars) as compensation;
b)
A sum of money corresponding to the expenditure incurred by
Edmundo Urrutia Castellanos for plane tickets to visit his daughter. In this
respect, the Court considers it pertinent to establish, in fairness, the sum of
US$1,000.00 (one thousand United States dollars) as compensation;
c)
A sum of money corresponding to the expenditure incurred by María
Pilar García de Urrutia in order to visit her daughter and for telephone calls.
In this respect, the Court considers it pertinent to establish, in fairness, the
sum of US$1,000.00 (one thousand United States dollars) as compensation;
d)
A sum of money corresponding to the expenditure incurred by
Edmundo Urrutia García for plane tickets. The Court considers it pertinent to
establish, in fairness, the sum of US$1,000.00 (one thousand United States
dollars) as compensation; and
e)
A sum of money corresponding to the expenditure incurred by Carolina
Urrutia García in order to visit her sister, accompanied by her two children. In
this respect, the Court considers it pertinent to establish, in fairness, the sum
of US$1,000.00 (one thousand United States dollars) as compensation;
160. Based on the foregoing, the Court will establish the following amounts as
compensation for the pecuniary damage resulting from the violations declared in this
judgment:
Reparation for Pecuniary Damage
Loss of
Travel and
Total
income
telephone calls
Maritza Urrutia
US$5,000.00
US$1,000.00
US$6,000.00
Edmundo Urrutia
US$1,000.00
US$1,000.00
Castellanos
María Pilar García de
US$1,000.00
US$1,000.00
Urrutia
Edmundo Urrutia García
US$1,000.00
US$1,000.00
Carolina Urrutia García
US$1,000.00
US$1,000.00
TOTAL
US$10,000.00
B) NON-PECUNIARY DAMAGE
161. The non-pecuniary damage may include the suffering and affliction caused to
the direct victims and to their next of kin and the impairment of values that are very
significant for a person, such as changes, of a non-pecuniary nature, in the living
conditions of the victim or his next of kin. This damage may only be compensated by
delivering a cash sum, which the Court determines by the rational application of
judicial discretion.112
Arguments of the Commission
112
Cf. Bulacio case, supra note 14, para. 90; Juan Humberto Sánchez case, supra note 14, para.
168; and El Caracazo case. Reparations, supra note 105, para. 94.