261. However, if the victims do not reside in Dominican Republic, the Court considers it pertinent to determine that, if the victims seek or request medical or psychological treatment, the State must grant the surviving victims who were injured, the sum of US$7,500.00 (seven thousand five hundred United States dollars) and the remaining survivors, the sum of US$3,500.00 (three thousand five hundred United States dollars), both sums for expenses related to medical and psychological treatment, so that they may receive such attention in the place where they reside.318 1. Satisfaction a) Publication and dissemination of the Judgment 262. The representatives requested the publication of this Judgment in Spanish, French and Creole in a newspaper with widespread distribution, as well as in the official gazette. The Commission and the State did not refer to this measure of reparation. 263. The Court orders, as it has in other cases,319 that the State must publish the official summary of this Judgment prepared by the Court within six months of notification of the Judgment as follows: (a) once, in the official gazette of the Dominican Republic; (b) once in a national newspaper of the Dominican Republic with widespread circulation, and (c) translated into French and Creole, and published once, in a national newspaper of Haiti with widespread circulation. In addition, this Judgment, in its entirety, must remain available for one year, on an official website of the Dominican Republic. b) Acknowledgement of international responsibility and public apology 264. The representatives asked that the State make an acknowledgement of its responsibility for the violations of the human rights of the victims and their next of kin and issue a public apology to the victims and their next of kin. The Commission and the State did not refer to this measure. 265. The Court finds that, in order to repair the harm caused to the victims and to avoid a repetition of facts such as those of this case, 320 it is necessary to order the State to organize a public act to acknowledge its international responsibility in relation to the facts of the instant case. During this act, reference must be made to the human rights violations declared in this Judgment. The act must be carried out by means of a public ceremony in the presence of senior State officials, including those from the military sphere and the DOIF, and the victims in this case. The State must reach agreement with the victims or their representatives on the means of complying with the public act of acknowledgement, as well as on the required characteristics, such as the location – it could be held in the Consulate of the Dominican Republic in Haiti – and the date.321 The State has six months from notification of this Judgment to carry out this act. 3. Guarantees of non-repetition 318 Cf. Case of the Miguel Castro Castro Prison, supra, para. 450, and Case of Gomes Lund et al. (Guerrilha do Araguaia) v. Brazil. Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of November 24, 2010. Series C No. 219, para. 269. 319 Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C No. 88, para. 79, and Case of the Rio Negro Massacres v. Guatemala, supra, para. 287. 320 Cf. Case of Carpio Nicolle et al., supra, para. 136, and Case of González Medina and Family Members v. Dominican Republic, supra, para. 297. 321 Cf. Case of Kawas Fernández v. Honduras, supra, para. 202, and Case of González Medina and Family Members v. Dominican Republic, supra, para. 297. 69

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