Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights *
Case of the 19 Tradesmen v. Colombia
of July 10, 2007
(Monitoring Compliance with Judgment)
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The judgment on merits, reparations, and costs (hereinafter, “the judgment”)
delivered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, “the Court” or “the
Inter-American Court”) on July 5, 2004.
2.
The Order of the Court of February 2, 2006, regarding compliance with judgment, in
which it:
DECLARE[D]:
1.
That pursuant to the ninth considering clause of this Order, the State has complied with:
(a)
Locating the next of kin of the victim Alberto Gómez; consequently, it merely remains to
deliver the corresponding reparations to them (paragraph 233 of the judgment); and
(b)
“Organizing a public act to acknowledge its international responsibility for the facts of
this case and to make amends to the memory of the 19 tradesmen” (eighth operative paragraph
and paragraph 274 of the judgment).
2.
That it will maintain open the procedure of monitoring compliance with the pending matters in
the present case, specifically:
(a)
“Within a reasonable time, investigate effectively the facts of this case, in order to
identify, prosecute and punish all the masterminds and perpetrators of the violations committed
against the 19 tradesmen, for the criminal and any other effects that may arise from the
investigation into the facts, and [disseminate] the result of this measure […] publicly” (fifth
operative paragraph and paragraphs 256 through 263 of the judgment);
(b)
“Conduct, within a reasonable time, a genuine search during which it makes every
possible effort to determine with certainty what happened to the remains of the victims and, if
possible, return them to their next of kin” (sixth operative paragraph and paragraphs 270 and
271 of the judgment);
(c)
“Erect a monument in memory of the victims and, in a public ceremony in the presence
of the next of kin of the victims, […] place a plaque with the names of the 19 tradesmen”
(seventh operative paragraph and paragraph 273 of the judgment);
(d)
“Provide, free of charge, through its specialized health institutions, the medical and
psychological treatment required by the next of kin of the victims” (ninth operative paragraph
and paragraphs 277 and 278 of the judgment);
*
Judge Diego García-Sayán excused himself from hearing this case, pursuant to Article 19 of the Statute of
the Inter-American Court and Article 19 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court. Consequently, he did not
participate in the delivery of the judgment or this Order.