55.
The Court orders the State to comply with the actions stipulated in the
agreement, in the terms indicated therein(supra para. 54). The State must advise this
Court immediately when it has issued each of the publications ordered, regardless of the
one-year time frame for presentation of its first report, as established in the operative
paragraph 9 of this judgment.
56.
Also, as it has in other cases, the Court orders the State to publish this judgment
in full 21 on an official website of the national government within six months of its
notification. This publication shall be available for a period of one year. The State must
advise this Court immediately when it has issued this publication, regardless of the oneyear time frame for presentation of its first report established in operative paragraph 9
of this judgment.
C.3 Transfer of remains
57.
The parties determined the following as a measure of reparation "expressly
requested by the victims":
The State, through the Secretariat for Human Rights, will make the necessary arrangements with
the Municipality of Guayaquil to transfer the remains of Walter Huacón Baidal to a vault in the
cemetery of the Ángel María Canales suburb; and, for the transfer of the remains of Mercedes
Salazar Cueva, to a vault in the cemetery located in Milagro, in the Lorenzo Guaraicoa area; the
transfer must be made within a period of six months, counting from the signing of the [...] friendly
settlement agreement. The victims will not incur any costs in these procedures.
58.
Consequently, as a measure of satisfaction in the instant case, the Court orders
the State to take the actions provided for in the agreement to transfer the remains of
Walter Huacón Baidal and Mercedes Salazar Cueva, in the terms indicated(supra para.
57). The State must advise this Court immediately when it has complied with the
measure ordered, regardless of the one-year time frame for presentation of its first
report established in operative paragraph 9 of this judgment.
C.4 Public act of acknowledgment of responsibility
59.
In the friendly settlement agreement, the parties agreed to the following:
In view of the actions or omissions that caused the violation of the human rights enshrined
in the American Convention on Human Rights, the Ecuadorian State will, through its
Secretary for Human Rights, hold a public event during which the most senior authorities
of the respective institutions will, on behalf of the State, offer apologies to the families of
Walter Huacón Baidal and Mercedes Salazar Cueva for the facts acknowledged in [the]
Friendly Settlement Agreement. This public apology shall be carried out within a period of
six months from the signing of the [...] agreement.
60.
The Court therefore orders Ecuador to hold the public event provided for in the
agreement, in the terms indicated therein (supra para. 59). The State must advise this
Court immediately when it has complied with the measure ordered, regardless of the
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Although the text of the agreement is annexed to this judgment and is an integral part of it, it shall
not be published by the State in compliance with this measure. This is without prejudice to the publications
referred to in paragraph 54 of this judgment.
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