in Annex “B”, as well as the next of kin of the victims who were executed, listed in Annex “C”, in
accordance with paragraphs 283 to 296 and 299 to 301 of this Judgment.
AND ORDERS,
Unanimously that,
1.
This Judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation.
2.
The State must continue to implement fully the “Single List of Victims and Next of Kin of
Grave Violations of Human Rights during the Massacre of El Mozote” and adopt the necessary
measures to ensure its permanence and the budgetary allocation for its effective functioning, in
accordance with paragraphs 310 and 311 of this Judgment.
3.
The State must, within a reasonable time, initiate, expedite, re-open, supervise, continue
and conclude, as appropriate, with the greatest diligence, the investigations into all the facts
that resulted in the violations declared in this Judgment, in order to identify, prosecute and, as
appropriate, punish those responsible, in accordance with paragraphs 315 to 321 of this
Judgment.
4.
The State must ensure that the Law of General Amnesty for the Consolidation of the
Peace never again represents an obstacle to the investigation of the facts that are the subject
matter of this case or to the identification, prosecution and eventual punishment of those
responsible for them and for other similar grave human rights violations that took place during
the armed conflict in El Salvador, in accordance with paragraph 31 of this Judgment.
5.
The State must, within a reasonable time, investigate, through the competent public
institutions, the conduct of the officials who obstructed the investigations and allowed the facts
to remain in impunity and, following a suitable proceeding, apply, if appropriate, the
corresponding administrative, disciplinary or criminal sanctions to those found responsible, in
accordance with paragraphs 325 and 326 of this Judgment.
6.
The State must review the information available on possible interment or burial sites,
which must be protected to preserve them, in order to initiate, systematically and rigorously and
with the adequate human and financial resources, the exhumation, identification and, when
appropriate, return of the remains of those executed to their next of kin, in accordance with
paragraphs 331 to 334 of this Judgment.
7.
The State must implement a development program for the communities of the village of
El Mozote, the canton of La Joya, the villages of Ranchería, Los Toriles and Jocote Amarillo and
the canton of Cerro Pando, in accordance with paragraphs 339 and 340 of this Judgment.
8.
The State must guarantee suitable conditions so that the displaced victims may return to
their original communities on a permanent basis, if they wish, and also implement a housing
program in the areas affected by the massacres in this case, in accordance with paragraphs
345 and 346 of this Judgment.
9.
The State must implement a permanent and comprehensive program of physical, mental
and psychosocial care and attention, in accordance with paragraphs 350 to 353 of this
judgment.
10.
The State must make the publications indicated in paragraph 361 of this Judgment.
11.
The State must make an audiovisual documentary about the grave acts committed in
the massacres in El Mozote and nearby places, in accordance with paragraph 365 of this
judgment
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