also indicated that there is “consensus among the student representatives who have
participated [in several meetings] regarding the need to ensure [...] that the event can
be held without interference or hindrance of any kind.” Consequently, they had
proposed several conceptual elements concerning the act to the State, as well as
possible mechanisms to ensure its success, and were awaiting a response. In addition,
they proposed the creation of a coordination committee with the participation of the
State through its agents authorized to make decisions, representatives of the victims,
and university authorities and delegates.
27.
The Commission stressed the State’s willingness to implement this measure,
and indicated that it hoped that “the parties reach agreement soon regarding the most
appropriate mechanisms to implement the measures”; it emphasized the need for
effective coordination to comply with the measures of reparation with the urgency
required in this case.
28.
The Court assesses positively the willingness shown by the parties to reach
agreement in relation to the public act acknowledging responsibility. It also takes note
of the commitment made during the hearing (supra having seen paragraph 12) that,
within one month, the coordination committee between the parties would be
established with the participation of different university authorities and levels.
Consequently, the Court is awaiting further information as soon as possible regarding
the measures taken to comply with this measure of reparation.
e) Regarding the obligation to place a plaque in memory of Jesús María Valle
Jaramillo in the Palace of Justice of the Department of Antioquia (seventeenth
operative paragraph of the judgment)
29.
The State indicated that, in response to the proposal submitted by the
representatives, it had made a counter-proposal in note DIDHD.GOI, No. 65412/2748
of November 3, 2010.17 In this regard, it indicated that, in a note of February 18,
2011, the representatives “accept[ed] the amendments to the main text made by the
State and ask[ed] that the title of the plaque remain as it was in the original proposal.”
They also requested “that the plaque be signed by the President of the Republic on
behalf of the State.” In this regard, the State accepted the amendment proposed by
the representatives and, regarding the signing of the plaque, indicated that it would be
examined and agreed upon with them. Finally, the State indicated that it awaited the
observations of the parties in order to initiate the administrative procedures and reach
the necessary agreements to install the plaque.
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The State presented the following counterproposal:
This plaque is placed in memory of Dr. Jesús María Valle Jaramillo, a criminal attorney, defender of the
universal principles of due process and the right to justice, an ardent and courageous defender of human
rights.
The State of Colombia deeply regrets the events of February 27, 1998 in which Dr. Jesús María Valle
Jaramillo was murdered. The State apologizes to his family and society for the violation of human rights for
which it was held internationally responsible by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the judgment
handed down on November 27, 2008. While acknowledging that nothing can repair the pain his family has
suffered, it trusts that this plaque can contribute to the path to justice, to recognize, promote and protect
the work of human rights defenders, in the hope that such acts never happen again.
Let this be a place to remember him and to renew the commitment to the defense of human rights,
proclaiming as he did: “Here we are and here we will always be, in the noise of battle or in the silence of
death.”
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