148 9. This Judgment constitutes, per se, a form of reparation, as set forth in paragraphs 299 and 323 of the present Judgment. 10. 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, in the terms set forth in paragraph 315 of the present Judgment. 11. In consultation with civil society and within six months’ time, the State is to carry out a public act of acknowledgement of international responsibility and issue a declaration setting forth a short-, medium- and long-term State policy on the matter of children in conflict with the law that fully comports with Paraguay’s international commitments. That policy must: a) be presented by high-ranking State officials in a public ceremony wherein Paraguay’s responsibility for the substandard detention conditions at the center between August 14, 1996 and July 25, 2001 is acknowledged; and b) plan, inter alia, strategies and other appropriate measures and the allocation of the resources needed so that children deprived of their liberty are separated from adults; so that children awaiting or standing trial are separated from convicted inmates; and in order to create education programs and comprehensive medical and psychological treatment programs for all children deprived of their liberty. 12. The State must provide psychological treatment to all persons who were inmates at the center in the period from August 14, 1996 to July 25, 2001; medical and psychological treatment to the former inmates injured in the fires, and psychological treatment to the next of kin of the injured and deceased inmates, as set forth in paragraphs 318 to 320 of the present Judgment. 13. The State must provide vocational guidance and a special education program geared to those who had been inmates at the center at any time during the period between August 14, 1996 and July 25, 2001, as set forth in paragraph 321 of the present Judgment. 14. Within 15 days of the date of notification of this Judgment, the State must provide Mrs. María Teresa de Jesús Pérez with a place in a mausoleum, near her home, where she can lay her sons remains to rest, as set forth in paragraph 322 of the present Judgment. 15. The State must take particular care to ensure the life, personal integrity and safety of the persons who gave affidavits and their next of kin and must provide them with protection against anyone, taking into account the circumstances of this case, in the terms set forth in paragraph 324 of the present Judgment. 16. The State must pay pecuniary damages totaling US$ 953,000.00 (nine hundred fifty-three thousand United States dollars) or the equivalent in the State’s national currency, as set forth in paragraphs 288 to 294 of the present Judgment, divided as follows:

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