46 105. The State must take the necessary action to reform, within a reasonable time, its criminal legislation for the purpose of rendering it compatible with the international standards for the protection of individuals as relating to the forced disappearance of persons, paying special attention to the provisions in the American Convention and in the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance, so that its criminal statutes include the punishment “of those persons or groups of persons acting with “the authorization, support, or acquiescence of the state”, and not be limited to “public authorities” or “persons in the service of the state.” Furthermore, Venezuela shall take the necessary action to ensure that protection to a victim of forced disappearance be effective when deprivation of liberty is the case, “in any form”, and not limited to “illegitimate” deprivation of liberty. f) Implementing a training and education programme on the prohibition of forced disappearance, torture and the disproportionate use of force 106. The representatives requested that the Court order the State to implement a training programme on the absolute prohibition of forced disappearance and torture addressed to the members of the security agencies of Venezuela. Taking into consideration the circumstances of the instant case, the Tribunal deems fit to reaffirm what it pointed out in the Case of the Caracazo vs. Venezuela,61 in the sense that the State must implement, in the educational and training programmes for Armed Forces and DISIP officers, a course on the principles and rules for the protection of human rights, particularly the prohibition of forced disappearance, torture and the disproportionate use of force, taking into account the case law of the Inter-American Protection of Human Rights System, as a way to prevent recurrence of events such as those in the instant case. g) Taking steps to make it easier for the minor child Aleoscar Russeth BlancoIriarte to leave the country 107. The representatives requested the State be ordered to issue a certificate which would make it easier for the minor child Aleoscar Russeth Blanco-Iriarte to leave Venezuela, with the previous consent of her mother, Mrs. Alejandra Josefina Iriarte de Blanco, for she is currently going through judicial procedures for such purpose, in the course of which she is made to remember once again the events which befell her father, Mr. Oscar José Blanco-Romero, something which produces anguish in her. In such sense, the Court deems it necessary for the State to take steps in order to maker it easier for Aleoscar Russeth Blanco-Iriarte to leave Venezuela, when she wishes to travel. IX COSTS AND EXPENSES Arguments by the Commission 108. The Commission asked that the State be ordered to pay those costs and expenses that have been duly evidenced by the representatives, considering the particular circumstances of the instant case. 61 Case of the Caracazo. Reparations (Art. 63(1) American Convention on Human Rights). Judgment of August 29, 2002. Series C No. 95, para. 127.

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