113 once the alleged responsible are identified, to subject them to due process in order to determine the legal responsibility. 4. The result of such investigations must be made public and the Venezuelan State must publicly recognize the international responsibility by means of the publication in a national newspaper of whatever judgment this Tribunal may render; 5. To issue a strong condemnation of the attacks to which the victims have been subjected in the instant case , from its highest level and to adopt a conduct that promotes the respect for freedom of expression, tolerance and dissident opinions and positions; 6. To publish the most relevant parts of whatever judgment on merits the Court may hand down, in a newspaper of national circulation during the time the Court deems appropriate and to publish the entire text of the judgment in the official gazette of the State; 7. To freely provide, through national health centers, the appropriate treatment required by the victims of this case, prior statement of their consent to such effect, for the necessary time, including the provision of medicines; 8. To guarantee the equitable, fair and free access to information and news, without the imposition of discretional and arbitrary conditions; 9. To adopt the legislative measures and of whatever kind that are necessary to fully ensure the exercise of the freedom of expression and information; 10. To abstain from continue attacking and intimidating the human rights defenders and the victims for having resorted to the Inter-American system for the protection of human rights in this case and, as a consequence, to adopt all the necessary measures to guarantee and respect the rights contained in the American Convention; 11. To abstain from keep attacking and intimidating the Commission and the Court as well as its members, for having heard and decided the case, according to their mandates and duties under the American Convention; 12. To pay the victims identified in this case, the compensations that may correspond for the pecuniary and moral damage caused to them; and 13. To pay the costs and expenses incurred during the processing of this case, both at the domestic level and at the Inter-American system for the protection of Human Rights. 412. The State pointed out that no unlawful damage was caused to the alleged victims and let al.one, there is no obligation to repair it; therefore, it requested the Court, in general terms, to dismiss each of the claims and reparations requested by the Commission and the alleged victims. * * * 413. The case-law of this Tribunal has repeatedly established that a judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation366. 414. Moreover, the State must conduct effectively the investigations and criminal proceedings in process and any future proceedings in order to determine the corresponding responsibilities for the facts of this case and to apply the appropriate legal provisions. 415. As has been established in other cases367, the State should publish, at least one, in the Official Gazette and in another newspaper of wide national circulation, paragraphs 1 to 366 Cf.; inter alia, Case of Neira Alegría et al. V. Perú. Reparations and Costs. . Judgment of September 19, 1996. Series C No. 29, para. 56; Case of Valle Jaramillo et al. V. Colombia, supra note 20 para. 224 and Case of Ticona Estrada V. Bolivia, supra note 44, para. 130.

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