62 8. The State must eliminate forthwith the names of Juan Carlos Chaparro Álvarez and Freddy Hernán Lapo Íñiguez from the public records in which they still appear with a criminal record, in the terms of paragraphs 258 to 260 of this judgment. 9. The State must immediately inform the relevant private institutions that they should eliminate from their records any reference to Juan Carlos Chaparro Álvarez and Freddy Hernán Lapo Íñiguez as authors or suspects of the criminal act of which they were accused in this case, in accordance with paragraph 260 of this judgment. 10. The State must publicize this judgment within six months from notification of the judgment, in the terms of paragraphs 261 to 265 hereof. 11. The State must adapt its legislation within a reasonable time to the parameters of the American Convention on Human Rights, in the terms of paragraphs 266 to 269 of this judgment. 12. The State must adopt forthwith all the administrative or other measures necessary to eliminate de oficio the criminal record of those persons who are acquitted or whose cases are dismissed. Also, within a reasonable time, it must implement the pertinent legislative measures to this end, in the terms of paragraph 270 of this judgment. 13. The State and Juan Carlos Chaparro Álvarez must submit to an arbitration procedure to establish the amounts corresponding to pecuniary damage, in the terms of paragraphs 232 and 233 of this judgment. 14. The State must pay Juan Carlos Chaparro Álvarez and Freddy Hernán Lapo Iñiguez the amounts established in paragraphs 232, 234, 238, 240, 242, 245, 252, 253 and 281 of this judgment, to compensate them for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and for reimbursement of costs and expenses, within one year from notification of this judgment, in the terms of paragraphs 283 to 287 hereof. 15. The Court reserves the right inherent in its attributes and derived from Article 65 of the American Convention on Human Rights to monitor implementation of all aspects of this judgment. The case will be closed when the State has fully complied with all its terms. Within six months of notification of this judgment, the State shall provide the Court with a report on the measures adopted to comply with it, in the terms of paragraph 288 hereof. Judge Sergio García Ramírez advised the Court of his separate opinion, which accompanies this judgment. Done in San José, Costa Rica, on November 21, 2007, in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic. Sergio García Ramírez President

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