146. The representatives asked the Court to order the State to publish the Judgment in its
entirety in three newspapers with wide circulation in the country, in the Official Gazette of Guatemala,
and to prepare and publish a pamphlet summarizing the Court's decision, and to publish it on the
State's official website for a period of one year.
147. The State argued that, if the Court were to sentence it, this would be a violation of the
Convention, since it manifested its good faith in the negotiation for the signing of a friendly settlement
agreement.
148.
The Commission did not take a position on this allegation.
149. The Court orders, as it has done in other cases,188 that the State publish, within six months
of notification of this Judgment: a) the official summary of this Judgment prepared by the Court,
once only, in a newspaper of wide national circulation and in the official gazette in a legible and
appropriate font size, and b) this Judgment, in its entirety, available for at least one year, on an
official website. The State shall immediately inform this Court once it proceeds with each of the
ordered publications, regardless of the one-year period for submitting its first report provided for in
operative paragraph 9 of this Judgment.
(ii) Public act of acknowledgement of international responsibility
150. The representatives requested that the State be ordered to carry out an act of
acknowledgement of international responsibility and public apology through the Judicial Authority
and the Ministry of Justice.
151. The State argued that it will not proceed with the public act or the placement of the plaque,
since it has not incurred international responsibility.
152.
The Commission did not take a position on this allegation.
153. The Court considers that the issuance of this Judgment and the reparations ordered therein
are sufficient and adequate.
b.3 Guarantees of non-repetition
154. The representatives requested that the State be ordered to bring prison conditions into line
with international human rights standards, guaranteeing medical and sanitary care, better health
conditions, a visiting regime, adequate physical space to house individuals deprived of their liberty
with sanitary services and showers in good working order, access to sunlight and fresh air.
155. The State alleged that it has made and continues to make its best efforts to the best of its
ability to readapt prisons in compliance with international standards.
156.
The Commission did not take a position on this allegation.
157. The Court observes that in the case of Fermín Ramírez v. Guatemala, the State was ordered
to "adopt, within a reasonable period of time, the measures necessary so that the conditions of the
prisons adjust to the international norms of human rights".189 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C No. 88, para. 79, and
Case of Martínez Coronado v. Guatemala, supra, para. 98.
189
Cf. Case of Fermín Ramírez v. Guatemala, supra, operative paragraph 12.
188
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