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21.
The Commission noted the willingness of the State to implement the measure
and hoped that it would translate into the implementation of outstanding obligations
in the short term.
22.
In light of the statements made by the parties, the President believes that the
Court does not have sufficient information on the state of progress with the effective
implementation of operative paragraph sixteen of the Judgment. Consequently, the
President deemed it necessary that the Court have more information at its disposal
on the measures taken to effectively comply with this reparation measure.
a) Regarding operative paragraph seventeen of the Judgment
23.
Regarding the obligation to install a plaque in memory of Jesús María Valle
Jaramillo in the Palace of Justice, Department of Antioquia (operative paragraph
seventeen of the Judgment), the State did not refer specifically to this point, but
reiterated its willingness to comply as soon as possible with all the measures ordered
by this Court, hence it is currently taking the necessary steps to achieve this goal.
Consequently, it said that it will duly inform this Court on activities relating to the
measure.
24.
The representatives stated they are awaiting a response from the State
regarding the proposed text for the plaque.5 The Commission noted the willingness
of the State to implement this measure.
25.
The President believes it is essential that the Court has specific information
from the State concerning the installation of a plaque in memory of Jesús María Valle
Jaramillo in the Palace of Justice, Department of Antioquia, in order to enable the
Court to determine the state of compliance.
a) Regarding operative paragraph eighteen of the Judgment
26.
As for the obligation to provide any psychological and psychiatric treatment
required by the victims, free of charge and immediately (eighteenth operative
paragraph of the Judgment), the State did not refer specifically to this point, but
expressed its willingness to comply as soon as possible with all the measures ordered
by this Court. Consequently, it stated that it will duly inform this Court on diligences
relating to this measure.
27.
The representatives stated that neither the family of Mr. Valle Jaramillo nor
the family of Carlos Fernando Jaramillo Correa "has received any physical or
[p]sychological medical attention." Furthermore, it clarified that the two families
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Representatives proposed the following text:
JESÚS MARÍA VALLE JARAMILLO – IN MEMORIAM
1943-1998
Criminal lawyer, defender of the universal principles of due process and the right to a justice, true and
courageous defender of human rights, murdered for his accurate reports on the coexistence of the
National Army and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC in Spanish).
The Colombian State deeply regrets these facts, and apologizes to his family and society for the violation
of human rights for which it was held responsible internationally by the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights through a judgment issued on November 27, 2008. While admitting that nothing can heal the pain
that his family has suffered, it hopes this plaque helps in the road to justice, to recognize, promote and
protect the work of human rights defenders, with the hope that such acts never be repeated.
Let this be a place to remember and to renew our commitment to defending human rights with his
proclamation: "Here we are and will always, in the heat of battle or in the stillness of death."