ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS*
OF JUNE 26, 2012
CASE OF 19 TRADESMEN v. COLOMBIA
MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH JUDGMENT
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Judgment on Merits, Reparations and Costs delivered on July 5, 2004
(hereinafter “the Judgment”) of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the
Inter-American Court” or “the Court”).
2.
The Orders of the Inter-American Court of February 2, 2006, July 10, 2007,
November 26, 2008 and July 8, 2009. In the latter order, the Court decided:
[…]
2.
That it w[ould] keep open the procedure to monitor compliance with the following
aspects pending full compliance, namely:
a) Within a reasonable time, the State shall 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 the result of this measure shall be disseminated
publicly (Operative Paragraph 5 and paragraphs 256 to 263 of the Judgment);
b) Within a reasonable time, the State shall conduct 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 (Operative Paragraph 6 and
paragraphs 270 and 271 of the Judgment);
c) The State shall erect a monument in memory of the victims and, in a public ceremony in
the presence of the next of kin of the victims, […] shall place a plaque with the names of the
19 tradesmen (Operative Paragraph 7 and paragraph 273 of the Judgment);
*
Judge Diego García-Sayán, who did not participate in the deliberation and signing of the Judgment in the
instant case, did not participate in the deliberation and signing of this Order.