9 the Court considers that such measure of reparation has been partially complied with. 32. Moreover, the Tribunal looks forward to the publication of the Judgment in the Official Gazette of Colombia, for which it keeps open the procedure to monitor compliance in relation to this aspect and requests the State to fully comply with said measure of reparation and to inform the Court when this happens. * * * 33. As to the public act to acknowledge international responsibility (operative paragraph fourteen of the Judgment), the State informed that “on August 21, 2009, it organized the public act in Vereda de Vitoyó – community of Jambaló (Department of Cauca). The act was presided over by the Vice Minister of Interior and the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs. In that respect, the State forwarded photographs and videos related to the activities carried out during such act14. Moreover, the State pointed out that, before said act, it was agreed on with the victim’s next-of-kin, the Governor of the community of Jambaló and the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Association (Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo), the most appropriate measures to comply with this measure. 34. According to what the State informed regarding the act to acknowledge responsibility, the Court notes the following items: the delegates of the local and national Government15 were escorted by the Indigenous Guard (Guardia Indígena) 16 from Loma Redonda to Vitoyó Indigenous Reserve, where the act was organized; the act took place in an open field and a podium was mounted to place the authorities and the victim's next-of-kin; means of transport were arranged to assemble, approximately, 3000 people from different indigenous reserves in the Cauca to Vereda Vitoyó; it was also coordinated the participation of traditional physicians to do a spiritual harmonization job in said event; provisions were bought to feed the assistants; the Indigenous Guard (Guardia Indígena) was in charge of the security as traditional authority of the Community, and it was agreed that there would be no presence of law enforcement officers within a perimeter of two kilometers; it was also agreed to disseminate the event in the local mass media; and cards were delivered to remember the event and the development of cultural activities. Furthermore, it was ordered the translation from Spanish into Nasa Yuwe of the comments made. The following people participated in the event: Etelvina Zapata and Mario Pasu, parents of Germán Escué; Myriam Escué, daughter; Francia, Ayender, Omar, Alveiro, Aldemar and Yoonson, siblings and Bertha Escué Coicue, his partner until his death. 14 The State forwarded a compact disc that contains photographs and short videos of the day of the event carried out to acknowledge responsibility (record on monitoring compliance, Volume I). 15 The following people attended the event: the Vice Minister of Interior, the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, the Governor of the Cauca Department, the Attorney General of the Cauca Department, the Director of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Director of Roma, Minorities and Indigenous Affairs of the Ministry of Interior and Justice and the Mayor of the Jambaló Municipality. 16 In the State's opinion, according to information gathered from the web page of CRIC (Indigenous Regional Council of Cauca): “The Indigenous Guard is a civil group made up of men and women. It is conceived as an ancestral body and as an instrument of resistance, unity and autonomy in defense of the territory and the life plan of the indigenous communities. It is not a police structure, but a humanitarian mechanism for civil resistance. Its intention is to protect and disseminate their ancestral culture and the exercise of their right. Its power derives from the assemblies held at the Community; therefore, it directly depends on indigenous authorities. It was created to defend their people against all individuals who attack them, but such defense is put up with a chonta or swagger stick, which brings symbolic value to the guard”.

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