Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
of July 8, 2009
Case of the Mapiripán Massacre v. Colombia
(Monitoring Compliance with Judgment)
Having seen:
1.
The Judgment on the merits, reparations and costs (hereinafter, the
"Judgment") delivered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter,
the "Court", "the Inter-American Court” or “the Tribunal”) on September 15, 2005,
whereby it declared that:
[…]
7.
The State must immediately take such steps as may be necessary to activate
and effectively complete, within a reasonable term, the investigation to establish the
liability of the masterminds and direct perpetrators of the massacre, as well as those
whose collaboration and acquiescence allowed the massacre to be committed, in
accordance with the terms of paragraphs 295 to 304 and 326 of [the] Judgment.
8.
The State must immediately take such steps as may be necessary to
individually identify, within a reasonable time, the victims who were executed and made
to disappear, as well as their next of kin, in accordance with the terms of paragraphs
305 to 310, 311 and 326 of [the] Judgment.
9.
The State must establish, within six months of notification of [the] Judgment,
an official mechanism that will function for two years, with participation by the victims of
the instant case or the representatives they appoint, to perform the functions set forth
in paragraph 311 of [the] Judgment.
10.
The State must provide the next of kin of the victims who were executed or
made to disappear, with their prior consent, beginning once the […] Judgment has been
notified for those who have already been identified, and once those who have not yet
been identified are, and for as long as necessary, at no cost to them and through the
national health services, adequate treatment, including medication, in accordance with
the terms of paragraph 312 of [the] Judgment.
11.
The State must carry out such actions as may be necessary to ensure security
conditions for the next of kin of the victims, as well as other former inhabitants of
Mapiripán, who have been displaced, to be able to return to Mapiripán, if they wish to do
so, in accordance with the terms of paragraphs 311 and 313 of [the] Judgment.
12.
The State must build, within one year of notification of [the] Judgment, an
appropriate and dignified monument in remembrance of the facts in the Mapiripán
Massacre, in accordance with the terms of paragraphs 315 and 326 of [the] Judgment.
13.
The State must implement, within a reasonable term, permanent education
programs on human rights and international humanitarian law within the Colombian
Armed Forces, at all levels of its hierarchy, in accordance with the terms of paragraphs
316 and 317 of [the] Judgment.
14.
The State must publish once, within six months of notification of the [...]
Judgment, in the official gazette Diario Oficial and in another national-coverage daily,