Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 19, 2009 Case of the “Juvenile Reeducation Institute” v. Paraguay (Monitoring Compliance with Judgment) HAVING SEEN: 1. The Judgment on preliminary objections, merits, reparations, and costs (hereinafter “the Judgment”) issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court”, “the Court”, or “the Tribunal”) on September 2, 2004. 2. The orders on monitoring compliance with judgment issued by the Court of July 4, 2006 and February 6, 2008. In the latter, the Tribunal stated it would maintain open the procedure of monitoring compliance with judgment regarding the matters pending compliance in the present case, namely: a) The organization, in consultation with civil society, of a public act to acknowledge international responsibility at which it announces the elaboration of a short, medium and longterm State policy concerning children in conflict with the law (Operative point 11 [of the Judgment]); b) The psychological treatment for all the former interns of the Institute between August 14, 1996, and July 25, 2001; medical and/or psychological treatment for the former interns injured in the fires, and psychological treatment for the next of kin of the interns who died or were injured (Operative point 12 [of the Judgment]); c) Vocational assistance and a program of special education for the former interns of the Institute between August 14, 1996, and July 25, 2001 (Operative point 13 [of the Judgment]); d) Providing a place for the burial of Mario del Pilar Álvarez Pérez, son of María Teresa de Jesús Pérez, in a cemetery near her residence (Operative point 14 [of the Judgment]); e) The safeguard of the life, integrity and security of the persons who testified and of their next of kin (Operative point 15 [of the Judgment]); f) Payment of the compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to the victims and their next of kin (Operative points 16 and 17 [of the Judgment]), and g) Reimbursement of expenses and costs to the representatives of the victims (Operative points 18 [of the Judgment]). 3. The Memorandum of Understanding signed by the parties after the private hearing for monitoring compliance of February 4, 2008 (hereinafter the “Memorandum of Understanding”), through which the Republic of Paraguay (hereinafter “the State” or “Paraguay”) undertook to carry out several actions with regard to compliance of the matters pending compliance.