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10.
The State indicated that on December 10, 2008, the Secretary of Justice and Human
Rights at the time publicly apologized, via a national television broadcast, to all the victims of
human rights violations for which Ecuador had received a Judgment from the Court.
Furthermore, with regards to the instant case, the State indicated that, as agreed with CEJIL
and Mr. Tibi, 5 only the State of Ecuador's text regarding the public apologies and
acknowledgement of the human rights violations would be published. In this regard, it indicated
that on September 18, 2010, a publication of the public apology was made in the Newspaper
“Sud Ouest” from Bordeaux, France, under the terms agreed with the victim. In addition, the
State facilitated an interview with Mr. Tibi by said newspaper, which was performed on
September 17, 2010, in which the victim described the events occurred in Ecuador that resulted
in the violation of his rights, and, on September 20, 2010 an interview with one of his friends
regarding what occurred was published.
11.
Regarding the above, the representatives expressed that the “Agreement on the Means
of Fulfilling the Reparations,” signed on December 16, 2009, details the timeline and manner in
which the State would execute said obligation. In this agreement the State committed to
publishing, as a satisfaction measure and a guarantee of non-repetition, the public apology in
the newspaper Sud Ouest, which is widely circulated in Bordeaux, France, where Mr. Tibi
resides. In their observations of October 24, 2010, the representatives indicated that the public
apology was published on September 18, 2010. They added that it had the effect of
disseminating and generating interest in France on the violations against the victim and his
case before the Inter-American Court, as well as stating that Mr. Tibi expressed his satisfaction
with the compliance with this measure, which was of great importance for him. Therefore, they
considered that the State had fully complied with the measure.
12.
Regarding the publication in question, the Commission valued the information
submitted, as well as the support provided to Mr. Tibi to reach a satisfactory agreement with
the State.
13.
In this respect, the Court deems that the State has fully complied with Operative
Paragraphs 11 and 12 of the Judgment. Finally, the Court values the State’s apology of
December 10, 2008 for the human rights violations for which Ecuador had received a judgment
from the Inter-American Court.
C)
Regarding the State’s obligation to establish a training program on human
rights protection principles and standards regarding prisoner treatment and the
creation of an inter-institutional committee to determine and execute the training
programs (Operative Paragraph 13 of the Judgment)
14.
The State reported that in November 2007, after the Court issued the Judgment in the
instant case, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights was created with the responsibility to
create human rights training for government officials. With regards to the training of the
National Police, in its reports the State indicated that the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
coordinated, along with the Ministry of Government and Police and the Education Department of
the National police, a training process for approximately 2,500 members of the police in
fourteen cities, including Quito, where the acts of the case occurred. The training took place
between July and December 2008, and it covered Human Rights, Citizen Security, Gender and
Diversity, Human Mobility, Trafficking of Persons, and Non-Discrimination. Furthermore, it
referred to the training of 57 trainers of the National Police, which began in October 2009 to
train approximately 3,000 police officers on the new contents of the “Manual on Human Rights
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On December 16, 2009, the State and the representatives signed an “Agreement on the Means of Complying
with Reparations.”