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d)
Adopt the measures necessary to carry out a serious, exhaustive, and complete investigation to identify
those responsible for the violations object of the present proceedings, and once the alleged responsible
parties have been identified submit them to a due process in order to establish their legal responsibilities;
e)
Make the results of the investigations referred to in the previous paragraph public and have the
Venezuelan State publicly acknowledge its international responsibility by publishing the judgment issued n
the present case in a newspaper of national circulation;
f)
[…]through its highest instance, make a categorical public condemnation of the attacks to which the
victims of the present case have been object due to the facts denounced, and that it adopt a behavior that
promotes respect for the freedom of expression, to tolerance, and to different opinions and positions;
g)
[…] publish the most relevant extracts of the judgment on merits determined by the Court in a newspaper
of national circulation during the time period that Court considers appropriate; and that the complete text
of the judgment by published in the State’s official newspaper;
h)
[…] offer the adequate treatment required by the victims of the present case without cost, through the
national health service, with the prior express consent of these victims for these effects and for the time
considered necessary, including the supply of medication;
i)
Guarantee an equal, fair, and non-discriminatory access to information and news stories, without
discretional and arbitrary conditions;
j)
[…] adopt the legislative and other measures necessary to guarantee the full exercise of the freedom of
expression and information; and
k)
Pay the victims identified in the present case the corresponding compensations for the pecuniary and nonpecuniary damages caused to them.
402. The State indicated that no illegitimate damage has been caused to the alleged
victims and far from it an obligation to repair, for which it asked the Court, in general terms,
to declare each of the reparations requested inadmissible.
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403. The Court considers, pursuant with its reiterated international jurisprudence, 369 that
this Judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation.
404. Additionally, the State shall effectively carry out the investigations and criminal
proceedings in process and those opened in the future to determine the corresponding
responsibilities for the facts of this case and apply the consequences established by law.
405. As has been stated in other cases,370 the State shall publish for a single time and
within a six-month term as of the notification of this judgment, paragraphs 1 through 5, 103
through 155, 265 through 273, 288 through 290, 305, 306, 318, 330 through 334, 395
through 397, and 403 through 406 and the operative paragraphs of the present Judgment,
without footnotes. A six-month term, as of the notification of the present Judgment, is set
for this.
406. Having verified that the victims of the present case were in a situation of
vulnerability, reflected in acts of physical and verbal attacks by individuals, this Tribunal
369
Cf. Case of Neira Alegría et al. v. Peru. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of September 19, 1996. Series C
No. 29, para. 56; Case of Valle Jaramillo et al. v. Colombia, supra note 29, para. 224; Case of Ticona Estrada v.
Bolivia, supra note 48, para. 130.
370
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C
No. 88, para. 79; Case of Ticona Estrada v. Bolivia, supra note 48, para. 130, para. 160; and Case of Tiu Tojín v.
Guatemala, supra note 38, para. 106.