167 nickname (supra para. 96.52), the State must explicitly refer to them in said public announcement. In those publications the State must specify that these persons were tortured and executed between July 15 and 20, 1997 in Mapiripán. 307. Said publications must be made for at least three non-consecutive days and within six months of notification of the instant Judgment. Likewise, each time the authorities individually identify in any way one of the fatal victims, they must take the aforementioned steps within three months time. Recordings and, when appropriate, copies of said announcements, as well precise information on the media and when they were published, must be submitted to the Court for it to take them into account in the process of overseeing compliance with this Judgment. 308. The State must also establish a genetic information system to enable establishment and elucidation of the filiation of the victims and their identification. 309. The next of kin of the victims identified after notification of the instant Judgment must appear before the official mechanism mentioned in the following section (infra para. 311) and prove their relationship with said victims. Genetic filiation or, when appropriate, pertinent documents (supra para. 257.b)), will be the suitable means to establish this. 310. When mortal remains are found and identified, the State must deliver them as soon as possible to their next of kin, once filiation has been genetically proven, for them to be honored in accordance with their respective beliefs. If no next of kin claim the remains within two years time, the State must individually place them in the cemetery in Mapiripán, with reference to the fact that he or she is an unidentified victim of the Mapiripán Massacre or –when appropriate- an unclaimed one. c) Official mechanism to monitor compliance with the reparations ordered 311. The State must establish, within six months of notification of this Judgment, an official mechanism that will operate for two years, with participation by the next of kin of the victims of the instant case or the representatives appointed by them, in charge of the following functions: i. to monitor the administrative-law proceedings in connection with the facts in Mapiripán, to reach pertinent decisions in accordance with the terms of the instant Judgment; ii. to ensure effective payment, within one year’s time, of compensation and indemnification ordered in favor of the next of kin of the victims (supra paras. 259, 274, 278, 288 and 290); iii. to follow up on State actions to search and individually identify the victims and their next of kin and to ensure effective payment, within one year of notification, of the compensation and indemnification owed to the next of kin of victims as they are identified (supra paras. 288 and 290). It must also keep a record of the next of kin as they are identified, to remain in constant contact with them to ensure that they are not threatened, even more so after they have received the respective compensation;

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