141 Pleadings of the State 313. The State asserted that: a) concerning the representatives’ claim seeking presidential acknowledgment of the facts, the State has already made significant acknowledgements of responsibility in the instant case, which will become public in the Court’s judgment; b) the fact that the instant case has reached the Inter-American Court and that the State has admitted its failings with regard to the care of juveniles in conflict with the law and deprived of their liberty, will fully and sufficiently satisfy the representatives’ claim demanding public acknowledgment; and c) it agreed to the request that the guards be trained, with the proviso that at the present time there are no prison guards, but rather educators trained under the European Community’s AMAR Project. It further asserted that training is a priority component of the socio-educational model being applied at the CEI Itauguá and other centers, although with limited budgetary and human resources, and that civil society organizations such as RONDAS and RAICES have been involved in the training process. Considerations of the Court 314. The Court will now proceed to determine those measures of satisfaction that seek to redress the non-pecuniary damages and ensure that cases similar to the instant case will never happen again. a) Publication of the pertinent parts of the Court’s judgment 315. As it has in previous cases,225 the Court finds that as one measure of satisfaction, the State is to publish, at least once, within six months from the date of notification of the present Judgment and in the Official Gazette and another widely circulated national newspaper, both the section titled “Facts Proven” in this Judgment -absent the corresponding footnotes- and the operative part of this Judgment. b) Public act acknowledging international responsibility and announcing a State policy on juveniles in conflict with the law that is consistent with Paraguay’s international commitments 316. Within six months, the pertinent State institutions, in partnership with civil society, are to prepare and map out a State policy for the short, medium and long term on the subject of juveniles in conflict with the law. That policy is to be fully in keeping with Paraguay’s international commitments. It is to be announced by highranking State authorities, in a public act wherein the State also acknowledges Paraguay’s international responsibility for the deplorable conditions at the center between August 14, 1996 and July 25, 2001. 225 Cf. Case of the Gómez Paquiyauri Brothers, supra note 26, para. 235; Case of the 19 Tradesmen, supra note 26, para. 233; and Case of Molina Theissen, supra note 26, para. 86.

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