H. The right to a remedy
52. If the state is found to be responsible for the violation of the right to life, there
is a corresponding right in customary international law and through treaty
law to reparation either through compensation and/or satisfaction.267
53. Such a remedy should be ‘accessible, effective and enforceable’.268
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A/HRC/11/2/Add.4, para 35.
268 Communication 1828/2008, Olmedo v. Paraguay, 26 April 2012 para 7.4; Human Rights Committee,
General Comment No.31, CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.13 (2004).
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