-4b)
in the brief of May 23, 2005 the representatives stated the need to
have a meeting to agree on the mechanisms of communication between the
parties and define general aspects of the compliance with the Judgment.
Likewise, they requested the modification of the proposal of payment of the
compensations in order to ensure that the next of kin receive Colombian
pesos or dollars of the United States of America, as stated in the Judgment.
3.
The brief of July 13, 2005 and its Appendix, through which the State
forwarded “the invitation to the public act of acknowledgment of responsibility for the
disappearance and death of 19 Colombians […, which would be held] on Friday July
15[, 2005] at 16:00 hours at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
4.
The brief of July 14, 2005 and its Appendixes, through which the
representatives expressed their objections to the way in which the State had decided
to comply with the measures of reparation ordered by the Court and they specifically
mentioned that the next of kin of the victims did not accept the act of
acknowledgment of responsibility programmed by the State and they requested its
suspension so tat Colombia could adopt the measures necessary to satisfy the
requirements of the Court. In synthesis they stated the following:
a)
that at the meeting held on June 24, 2005 with State representatives,
the latter informed them that the erection of a monument that consisted in a
obelisk of 3 by 2 meters had already been determined, that the resources
destined to this effect would be “$5,000,000”, and they asked them to inform
in which city did the next ok kin want said monument to be installed. The
representatives stated their opposition to the fact that the State did not
consult with the next of kin what type of monument would be appropriate. For
the next of kin, the monument must represent the ideals and characteristics
of the victims and have a meaning for their next of kin. They consider that
the monument proposed does not satisfy the objectives of the measure of
reparation;
b)
regarding the act of acknowledgment of responsibility programmed by
the State, in the meeting held on June 24, 2005 the representatives
requested that consultations be made in order to reconsider the presence of
the President of the Republic, or at least the Vice-President, and that the
intervention of the victims’ next of kin in the act be guaranteed. However, the
State informed them that the inconvenience of the participation of the
President or Vice-President of the Republic had been evaluated and that,
therefore the Vice-Ministers of Foreign Affairs, of the Interior, of Justice, and
of Defense would assist to the act, and that they would invite the Attorney
General of the Republic but that they could not guarantee their assistance,
not that of the commanders of the military cupola. They agreed to permit the
intervention of the victims’ next of kin in the mentioned act. The next of kin
of the victims considered that this act should be coordinated and carried out
with the presence of the highest State authorities, in order to achieve the
effect of sending the message of preventing facts of this nature from
happening again;
c)
regarding the obligation to provide, free of charge, through its
specialized health institutions, the medical and psychological treatment
required, the State informed them that the Ministry of Social Security was in
charge of complying with the same and that they would be treated through