themselves and thereby imply the corresponding degree of severity, the
procedural instance would not follow. This is not in-line with the criteria
specified by the Court regarding the inapplicability of the statute of limitations
(supra para. 117).
119. In regard to point c), the Court reiterates that which has been
indicated previously in this Judgment, (supra para. 93) in the sense that it is
not for the Court to determine individual responsibilities, whose determination
is a matter for domestic criminal courts or other international tribunals, but
rather to know the facts brought to its attention and characterize their nature
in the exercise of its contentious jurisdiction. Precisely because of the series
of events and level of involvement of various authorities, it is not possible to
establish with certainty the corresponding responsibility in this international
process, to which domestic investigations must be carried out, it is not
enough for this Court to determine that in this case the statute of limitations
was inapplicable.
120. In regard to point d), the Court deems that, given the nature of this
case, the fact that the State has not carried out any type of investigation to
date, as has been established in this Judgment, is not enough to determine
that the statute of limitations should not apply.
121. Finally, in regard to the point e), the Court considered that although
the Inter-American Commission made reference to the possibility of carrying
out a judgment of consideration, it did not develop or apply its argument in
this case. Similarly, the Court recalls that the case of Bámaca Velásquez v.
Guatemala is about the enforced disappearance of Efraín Bamaca Velasquez,
which is considered by this Court as a serious violation of human rights.
Therefore, the aforementioned Order does not apply to this case as indicated
by the Commission.
122. In light of the aforementioned, and in consideration of the Court’s
repeated and most recent jurisprudence, the Court deems that it is not able
to determine the inapplicability of the criminal statute of limitations to the
facts of the present case that have been duly proven and established in this
Judgment.
123. Notwithstanding, the Court considers that due to the right of the
mother and family to know what exactly happened Mr. Vera Vera, the State
must satisfy, in some manner, as a complementary measure of satisfaction to
that established in the Judgment, said minimum expectation, reporting to the
Court on the measures taken and results achieved. Upon receiving the
corresponding comments of the Inter-American Commission and the
representative, the Court may order the publication of such results.
C.
Measures of satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition
C.1.
Publication of the relevant
Judgment and public dissemination
parts
of
the
present
124. The Commission requested the Court to order the State to “publish the
relevant parts of the [J]udgment […] rendered by the Court.” On its behalf,
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