24.
The representatives stated that the information provided by the State is disjointed,
making it impossible to assess the level of compliance and determine if human rights
courses are being offered to all students of the various military academies, if courses are
annual or biannual, or if they form part of the permanent training curricula of the armed
forces. They also stated that the "Programa Patrón de Enseñanza de Derechos Humanos y
Derecho Internacional Humanitario" [Master Program for Education in Human Rights and
International Humanitarian Law] was approved in 2002, prior to the Judgment of the Court,
and that the reports "refer to the academic per[i]od of 2008 and the information is yet to be
updated." They expressed the need to know if the training is reaching the upper levels of
the military because from the information provided by the State it can be deduced that of
3106 people trained, 2371 are conscripts. Finally, they stated that, as agreed at the private
hearing, they will meet soon to discuss this operative paragraphin detail, so that both
parties negotiate the key points to conduct human rights training.
25.
The Commission valued the information provided, however, it observed that it had
not mentioned the number of members of the Armed Forces trained or their rank, and that
the State "goes off data from 2008, without any documentation on the training programs or
regular courses from 2009 and so far in 2010. " Also, it deemed it necessary that the State
report on the regularity and continuity of the courses.
26.
The Court takes note of the use, as a core text in the“Programa Patrón de Enseñanza
de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario” [Master Program for Education
in Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law], of the "Handbook on Humanitarian
Standards - Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the Armed Forces," as
well as the distribution of educational material such as the "Soldier's Guide" and "Human
Rights ...everyone's commitment." Furthermore, the Court values the will expressed by the
parties to hold a meeting to obtain information necessary to verify the regular curriculum
and who leads the training courses on human rights.
e)
Regarding operative paragraph thirteen of the Judgment
27.
Regarding the obligation to publish in a nationally circulated newspaper, on a sole
occasion, the chapter on the proven facts of the Judgment, without the footnotes of the
corresponding pages, and the operative paragraphs of the Judgment(operative paragraph
thirteen of the Judgment), the State reported that it published the article in the newspaper
La Nación on October 18, 2007, and attached a copy of it.
28.
Representatives and the Commission deem this point to be complied with.
29.
The Court notes that the State has provided documentation that supports the
publication of the chapter on proven facts from the Judgment, without the corresponding
footnotes and with the operative part of the Judgment in the newspaper La Nación on 18
October 2007, thus declaring that the State has complied fully with this reparation
measure.21
f)
21
Regarding operative paragraph fourteen of the Judgment
According to the provisions of the Order of October 30, 2008, issued by this Court as part of monitoring
compliance with this case, the State sent, on a previous opportunity, a copy of the publication of the proven facts
and the operative points of the Judgment in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Paraguay on May 11, 2007.
Cf.Case of Vargas Areco, supra note 20, Considering Clause twenty-nine.