59 B.4) Appropriate classification of the crime of forced disappearance 190. The representatives requested the Court to order the State “the adjustment of the criminal definition of forced disappearance to the international norms, in particular, to Article II of the ICFDP, by means of the reform, as soon as possible, of section 320 of the Criminal Code.” The State alleged that “[t]he Congress of the Republic of Peru, through the Prior Ruling on the Bill Nº 1707/2007-CR, is classifying the ‘Crimes against the International Law on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law’, among other aspects, mainly, it is modifying section 320 […] of the Criminal Code.” 191. The Tribunal views as a positive step what the State informed, but it recalls that said adaptation of the domestic legislation has been ordered in the Judgment delivered in the case of Gómez Palomino. In this regard, the Court repeats that the State must adopt all measures necessary to amend, within a reasonable period of time, its criminal law in order to render it consistent with the international standards on forced disappearance of persons, paying special attention to the provisions of the American Convention and the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance.230 B.5) Training of justice administrators 192. The representatives requested the Court to order the State to establish a training process aimed at the operators of the specialized judicial system, at those who hear cases involving serious human rights violations and at the Ombudsman of Peru. In addition, they requested the Court to order the State to provide the judicial system with the necessary resources to carry out its functions. The State argued that “[t[he training of the Justices is provided by the Academia de la Magistratura [Magistracy Academy], an entity that completely fulfils its role", and presented the statistics about the progress made in the prosecution of 34 cases brought to justice by the National Criminal Chamber, upon the recommendation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 193. The violations attributable to the State in the instant case were perpetrated by state agents. Moreover, the violations were heightened by the existence, at the time of the events, of a widespread context of impunity for serious human rights violations fostered by judicial operators. As a result, without detriment to the existence of training programs in Peru imparted by the Academia de la Magistratura for judicial officers, the Tribunal considers equally necessary for the State to implement, within a reasonable time, permanent education programs on human rights addressed to members of the intelligence services, the Armed Forces, as well as judges and prosecutors. Said programs must mention, specially, the instant Judgment and the international human rights treaties and, specifically, the treaties related to forced disappearance of people and torture. C) C(1) 230 Measures of satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition Publication of the pertinent parts of the instant Judgment Cf. Case of Gómez Palomino V. Peru, supra note 63, para. 149.

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