361. Based on the nature and scale of the violations declared, the Court finds it appropriate to
establish, as it has in other cases,526 that the State must publish, within six months of
notification of this Judgment:
(a)
The official summary of this Judgment prepared by the Court, once, in the Official
Gazette;
(b)
The official summary of this Judgment prepared by the Court, once, in a national
newspaper with extensive circulation, and
(c)
This Judgment in its entirety, available for one year, on an official website.
c)
Production and diffusion of audiovisual material
362. In general terms, the Commission asked the Court to order the State to establish and
disseminate the historical truth of the facts and to recover the memory of the deceased victims.
363. The representatives considered that it was essential that the State produce a video in
which it informed society of the grave acts committed during the massacres of El Mozote and
nearby places, which must also refer to the “scorched earth” policy, “in the context of which the
events of the massacre occurred, and include information regarding the failure to investigate
these grave events, [and also] an undertaking by the State that such events will not happen
again.” In this regard, they asked that all expenses for the production of the video be assumed
by the State and that its content be approved by the victims and their representatives, before its
transmission. They also asked that this video be broadcast in the audiovisual media with
greatest national coverage, on at least three occasions separated by a month, at prime time,
and that it be uploaded to the web page of the Salvadoran Armed Forces.
364. The State expressed its willingness to agree to, and to produce and disseminate an
audiovisual presentation, within the reasonable time required by its nature.
365. The Court assesses positively the State’s willingness to comply with the measure of
reparation requested by the representatives in this aspect of the Judgment. In view of the
circumstances of this case, the Court requires the preparation of an audiovisual documentary on
the grave acts committed during the massacres of El Mozote and nearby places, which must also
refer to the “scorched earth” policy in the context of the armed conflict in El Salvador, with
specific mention of this case; its content must be agreed previously with the victims and their
representatives. The State must assume all the expenses arising from the production and
distribution of this video. The Court considers that the video must be distributed as extensively
as possible among the victims, their representatives, and the country’s schools and universities
for its subsequent promotion and impact with the ultimate objective of informing Salvadoran
society of these facts. The said video must be transmitted, at least once, on a national channel
and during prime time, and it must be uploaded to the web page of the Armed Forces of El
Salvador. The State has two years from notification of this Judgment to comply with this
measure.
4)
Guarantees of non-repetition
a)
Training for the Armed Forces of the Republic of El Salvador
366. The Commission asked the Court to order the State to adopt the necessary measures to
avoid similar events occurring in future, in keeping with the obligation to prevent violations and
to ensure the human rights recognized in the American Convention; in particular, to implement
permanent training programs on human rights and humanitarian international law in the Armed
526
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs, para. 79, and Case of Furlan and family v.
Argentina, para. 290.
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