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118. With regard to the request that Bolivia should execute symbolic acts ensuring
that the reparation has a national impact (supra para. 91.d and 92 in fine), this
Court considers that the acknowledgement of responsibility made by the State is a
positive contribution to the development of this process and to the exercise of the
principles that inspire the American Convention73. In view of the State’s
acknowledgement of responsibility, this judgment constitutes per se a type of
reparation and satisfaction for the victim’s next of kin.
119. Despite this, the Court establishes, as a measure of satisfaction, that the
State of Bolivia must publish the judgment on merits of January 26, 2000, in the
official gazette.
120. That, in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention, the State should adopt
those measures for the protection of human rights that ensure the free and full
exercise of the rights to life, freedom and humane treatment, and to a fair trial and
judicial protection, in order to avoid harmful acts such as those in the instant case
happening again.
121. Among the measures alluded to, the State should comply with Article VIII of
the Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons, which forms
part of its legislation, in the sense that “[t]he States Parties shall ensure that the
training of public law-enforcement personnel or officials includes the necessary
education on the offense of forced disappearance of persons.”
122. As for the State’s declaration during the public hearing on reparations to the
effect that it considered it fair “that the name of José Carlos Trujillo Oroza […] should
be assigned to a school, as a way of preserving his memory,” this Court endorses
this statement. Accordingly, the Court considers that Bolivia should proceed to
officially assign the name of
José Carlos Trujillo Oroza to an educational establishment in Santa Cruz, at a public
ceremony and in the presence of the victim’s next of kin. This would contribute to
raising public awareness about the need to avoid the repetition of harmful acts, such
as those that occurred in the instant case, and keeping the victim’s memory alive74.
IX
COSTS AND EXPENSES
Arguments of the representatives of the victim and his next of kin
123.
The representatives of the victim and his next of kin indicated that:
a)
the expenses that Gladys Oroza de Solón Romero and Walter Solón
Romero incurred during 28 years in order to try and find their son and see
that justice was done, at both the national and the international level, should
be considered75;
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74
75
cf. Benavides Cevallos case. Judgment of June 19, 1998. Series C No. 38, para. 57.
cf. The “Street Children” case (Villagrán Morales et al.). Reparations, supra note 3, para. 103.
According to the representatives, the expenses requested include six visits to Santa Cruz
(US$2,000.00), two trips to Washington, D.C (US$3,100.00), one trip to Costa Rica (US$1,300.00) and