5. Arguments on the obligation to provide the reasoning ................................................. 43
6. Arguments on impartiality.................................................................................... 43
7. Arguments on the right to appeal the judgment ......................................................... 43
8. Arguments on the principle of legality ..................................................................... 44
9. Arguments on the right not to be tried twice for the same facts ..................................... 45
10. Arguments on Articles 1(1) and 2 of the Convention ................................................. 45
11. Arguments on judicial protection .......................................................................... 46
12. Arguments on equality ...................................................................................... 47
B.
Considerations of the Court ...................................................................................... 48
1. The Inter-American Court’s case law on judicial guarantees in impeachment proceedings Error!
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2. The violation of judicial guarantees in relation to the termination of the judges and the
impeachment proceedings against them ..................................................................... 50
2.1. Legal grounds and competence to declare the termination ............................................50
2.2. Possibility of being heard and exercising the right of defense, and the “ne bis in idem”
principle.. .....................................................................................................................53
2.2.1. Rights to a hearing and of defense during the terminaton on November 25, 2004 … 53
2.2.2. “Ne bis in idem”, right to a hearing and right of defense during the impeachment
proceedings…………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………… 54
3. Judicial independence ......................................................................................... 55
3.1. General standards of judicial independence.................................................................55
3.2. The sanction of the judges based on the judgments they delivered ................................60
3.3. Institutional aspect of judicial independence, separation of powers, and democracy .........61
3.4. Conclusion of the Court on judicial guarantees and political rights..................................67
4. Judicial protection .............................................................................................. 69
5. Equality before the law ..................................................................................................73
IX REPARATIONS ............................................................................................................... 73
A.
Injured party ............................................................................................................ 74
B.
Measures of satisfaction and restitution, and guarantees of non-repetition ............. 75
1. Measures of satisfaction: publication of the Judgment ................................................. 75
2. Measures of restitution........................................................................................ 75
3. Guarantees of non-repetition – amendment of domestic laws ........................................ 77
C.
Compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage .......................................... 80
1. Pecuniary damage ............................................................................................. 80
1.1. Calculation of the pecuniary damage of the titular members .........................................82
1.2. Analysis of the situation of the alternate member Manuel Jaramillo Córdova ...................84
1.3. Request for payment of interest ................................................................................86
2. Non-pecuniary damage ....................................................................................... 86
D.
Other measures of reparation ................................................................................... 88
E.
Costs and expenses .................................................................................................. 89
F.
Method of complying with the payments ordered ..................................................... 91
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