as Minister of Interior and Justice, [he offered] a public apology for the crime committed against Senator Cepeda Vargas" and expressed "his most sincere condolences to his [next-of-kin]." 26. Mr. Ivan Cepeda, in his capacity as victim and representative of the next-ofkin, mentioned, during the formal act of acknowledgment of responsibility of the State, that “by complying with the judgment of the Inter-American Court […], the National Government is not only performing its duty to comply with and implement the measures of reparation ordered by the international tribunal in a particular case. It is, at the same time, doing a symbolic act which has, at least, four profound meanings for the Colombian society […] In the first place, “by officially acknowledging its responsibility in the case of the murder of Senator Manuel Cepeda Vargas, it is doing justice in one of the thousands facts of genocide committed against the UP” […] In the second place, [said] act […] it is a defending the historical truth and, in this sense, the dignity [of the next-of-kin] and the dignity of Senator Manuel Cepeda Vargas”. In the third place, “the acknowledgment made by the State […] is an act with profound meaning for the democracy and the commencement of a procedure of political reparation in the case of the Patriotic Union". Lastly, it mentioned that the "official apology offered in the case of Manuel Cepeda Vargas is an act that builds up the hope that Colombia may put an end to the endless armed conflict that is destroying the country". 27. The Tribunal recognizes and positively values the ceremony of the acknowledgment acts which are a series of actions that contribute to the preservation of the historic memory of the victims of the human rights violations committed in this case and promote the non-repetition of similar acts. The act was carried out in the Congress of the Republic and it was honored by the presence of the then Minister of Interior and Justice, the State authorities and civil society organizations and persons, as well as the next-of-kin. The statements made by the authorities, acting on behalf of the State, allowed the audience to identify, from the oral point of view and graphic as well, the facts and some of the authorities implicated in the proceeding. Mr. Ivan Cepeda accepted the ceremony on behalf of the next-of-kin. The Court considers that said act for acknowledgment of responsibility adequately satisfies the formalities previously noted (supra Considering clause 27) and, therefore, the purpose of the reparation ordered, given that it was organized by a high-ranking State authority; it was broadly disseminated by the television and the press and it made express reference to the victims and facts of the instant case. The Court declares that the State has fully complied with this measure of reparation, in the terms of operative paragraph eleven of the Judgment. E. On the duty to prepare a publication and make an audio-visual documentary on the political life, journalism career and political role of Senator Manuel Cepeda Vargas, in coordination with the next-of-kin, and disseminate it (operative paragraph twelve of the Judgment) 28. The State indicated that, in a meeting held with the representatives and Mr. Ivan Cepeda Castro on November 30, 2010, it was agreed that they would send a proposal for the compliance with the measure of reparation, “a commitment that [would have been] reminded by the State by means of electronic mails of February 2, 2011 and March 7, 2011 and official letter of April 5, 2011”. The State further alleged that “once the State hears the proposal made by the victims and their representatives, it will proceed to analyze it in order to make progress in the compliance”. 8