educational training ordered in the preceding paragraph in the places where they are
detained. In the case of Lucas Matías Mendoza, the State must consider his special needs
due to his loss of vision and ensure that his place of detention has suitable facilities for him
to carry out his studies, if he so wishes. Furthermore, the Court considers that the
educational grant described in the preceding paragraph must also be provided to Saúl
Cristian Roldán Cajal and to Lucas Matías Mendoza in the event that they are released and
continue their studies outside the prison.
B.2. Satisfaction
B.2.1. Publication and dissemination of the pertinent parts of the judgment
B.2.1.1. Arguments of the Commission and pleadings of the parties
319. The representative requested the publication of the pertinent parts of the Judgment
in three national newspapers and in three newspapers with widespread circulation in the
province of Mendoza, as well as its complete publication on the websites of the Ministry of
Justice of the Nation and the Ministry of Justice of the province of Mendoza for one year.
She also requested widespread dissemination of the Judgment among police and prison
authorities, and in detention centers for juveniles and for adults. The Commission and the
State did not present arguments or observations in this regard.
B.2.1.2. Considerations of the Court
320. The Court decides, as it has ordered in other cases, 392 that the State must publish
once, within six months of notification of this Judgment, the official summary of the
Judgment prepared by the Court in the official gazette and in a national newspaper with
widespread circulation. The State must ensure that this newspaper also circulates widely in
the province of Mendoza. In addition, Argentina must publish the complete judgment on an
official website of the Judiciary of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and of the province
of Mendoza, and of the prisons and juvenile institutions in both locations.
B.3. Guarantees of non-repetition
B.3.1. Juvenile Criminal Regime
B.3.1.1. Arguments of the Commission and pleadings of the parties
321. The Commission asked the Court to order the State to adopt the necessary
legislative and any other type of measures to make the criminal justice system applicable to
adolescents for acts committed while under 18 years of age compatible with the
international obligations concerning the special protection of children and the purpose of
punishment. The representative indicated that the parameters of this reform should be: (a)
to establish a system of special sanctions for juveniles; (b) to establish alternatives to
criminal sanctions; (c) to reinforce the specific procedural guarantees for persons under 18
years of age, and (d) to establish appropriate public policies.
322. The State indicated that these measures are guaranteed, because, following the facts
of the instant case, in the Maldonado judgment, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
established as legal doctrine that unlimited sentences were inapplicable to minors.
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Cf. Case of the Massacre of Santo Domingo v. Colombia, para. 303, and Case of Cantoral Benavides v.
Peru. Preliminary objections. Judgment of September 3, 1998. Series C No. 40, para. 79.
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