The objective of this article is to estimate the economic reparation for victims of the Panamanian justice system from the period 1968 to 1989, who suffered irregularities and violations of human rights, especially the right to life and physical integrity, as well as
imprisonment, persecution, physical and psychological abuse, among others; Given the limited response obtained in the Panamanian courts, the demands for justice were taken to international courts, specifically to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, an instance in which the Panamanian State was recommended to repair, in some way, the damages caused to the victims and their next of kin and compensating, with a sum of money, part of the moral, material, psychological, physical damage, discrimination and defenselessness suffered by the victims during the period from 1968 to 1989.
In order to receive this reparation in monetary terms, the Panamanian State requested that the documents, certifications, calculations and analysis be presented, as documented as possible, of each case, within a good faith agreement, so that it could be better established. precisely, the amount that the next of kin of the victims should receive for such events. In this case, the study was aimed at supporting, with data and analysis, the relatives of one of the victims who ceased to exist while in the custody of the National Guard in one of its prisons.
The total economic reparation includes the following compensations: Reparation for Property Damage and Loss of Income; Compensation for Damages in the Field of Health, Education, Housing, Clothing and Transportation; Compensation for Lost Opportunities; Reparation for Losses in the Social Environment; Moral Damage caused to the Family of the Victim; Compensation for Expenses incurred by the Family in the Search for the Relative and Obtaining Justice; and Compensation for Negligence of the Panamanian State in responding to the Family of the Victim.
