6 1. That it shall keep open the proceedings of monitoring compliance with operative paragraph three of the Judgment on the merits rendered on January 24, 1998, as well as of operative paragraph two of the reparations Judgment issued on January 22, 1999, regarding the obligation to investigate the facts of the instant case, identify and, should it be the case, punish the responsible parties. AND DECIDES: 1. To require the State to adopt all the measures necessary for the effective and immediate compliance with operative paragraphs of the Judgment on the merits and the reparations Judgment issued in the instant case, in accordance with the obligation set forth in Article 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, which relates to all of the State powers and bodies as a whole. 2. To require the State of Guatemala to submit before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, no later than August 14, 2009, a detailed report in which it indicates the measures adopted to comply with the Judgments rendered by this Court, in accordance with what has been pointed out in Considering Clauses No. 8 to 12 herein. 3. To require the State to continue to inform the Inter-American Court every six months on the measures adopted to guarantee the compliance with the orders issued by the Court, in accordance with Considering Clauses No. 8 to 11 herein. 4. To requie the victims or their representatives –within the term of four weeks as from the notice of the report of the State- and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights –within the term of six weeks as from the notice of the report of the State- to submit the observations they consider pertinent before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 5. To request the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to serve notice of this Decision upon the State, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the victims or their representatives. Diego García-Sayán President