discusses the Court's judgment in Duque v Colombia.The case concerns Ángel Alberto Duque, who was denied survivor's pension benefits on the grounds that under Colombian law only heterosexual couples qualify for such rights.Duque, who was diagnosed with hiv, pursued legal action out of necessity; he needed both protection of his right to a pension and his rights under the American Convention on Human Rights.Colombia, the Court explained, had failed to provide an "objective and reasonable justification" for the differential treatment.Despite Colombian legislation having changed since the suit was filed, a three-year statute of limitations applied to survivor's pension claims.It was therefore unclear whether Duque would receive compensation back to 2002-when he filed the claim-by relying on internal remedies.Bermúdez Alarcón explains that the obligation to retroactively provide survivor's benefits led the Court to award monetary and other reparations.