Mendoza […] acknowledged [its …] responsibility […] for not having ensured minimum conditions for the security, safeguard and physical integrity of the inmates […].” 295 223. Hence, the Court considers that the State authorities had the obligation to follow up on a logical line of investigation designed to determine the possible responsibilities of the prison staff for the death of Ricardo Videla, since the omissions related to his detention conditions and/or his state of depression could have contributed to this act. The State had the obligation to disprove the possibility of the responsibility of its agents, taking into account the measures that they should have adopted in order to safeguard the rights of a person in its custody (supra paras. 188 to 190), and to collect the evidence that this entailed. 224. In addition, this Court has affirmed that the proceedings of the disciplinary jurisdiction may be assessed to the extent that they contribute to the clarification of the facts and that its decisions are relevant as regards the symbolic value of the message of censure that this type of sanction can convey within the State’s prisons. 296 Nevertheless, given the nature of their competence, the purpose of these investigations is restricted to merely determining the individual disciplinary responsibilities of State officials. 297 In this regard, the determination of criminal and/or administrative responsibility each has its own substantive and procedural rules. Consequently, the failure to determine criminal responsibility should not prevent the continuation of the investigation into other types of responsibilities, such as administrative responsibilities. 225. Now, regarding the administrative case file opened as a result of the death of Ricardo David Videla Fernandez, this Court has already established that, on May 17, 2006, the investigating judge requested the General Inspectorate of Security of the province of Mendoza to archive the proceedings because, prima facie, there was no indication that any prison staff were “involved” in this incident and because no member of the staff had been accused “judicially.” 298 It should be noted that, in this regard, the investigating judge who requested that the administrative case file be archived had access to the judicial file and the psychological and psychiatric history of inmate Videla Fernandez (supra para. 125). 299 Nevertheless, he also failed to investigate whether there were any omissions relating to the conditions in which the inmate was being held in or whether his mental state could have had a bearing on his death. 226. Last, this Court considers it pertinent to indicate that, under the said friendly settlement agreement signed on August 28, 2007, the “the government of the province of Mendoza undert[ook] to take all the necessary measures, within its sphere of competence, to continue the investigations into all the human rights violations that resulted in the issue of the provisional measures ordered by the [Inter-American] Court” 300 in the matter of the 295 Cf. Arbitral award of November 29, 2010 (file of annexes to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 7662 to 7681). In addition, the Court ad hoc indicated that the body of the youth Videla “showed signs of violence” at the time of his death and that “death occurred by hanging.” 296 Cf. Case of the Pueblo Bello Massacre v. Colombia. Judgment of January 31, 2006. Series C No. 140, para. 203, and Case of the Ituango Massacres v. Colombia. Judgment of July 1, 2006 Series C No. 148 para. 327. 297 Cf. Case of the Ituango Massacres v. Colombia, para. 327. 298 Cf. Report of the investigating judge in administrative file 7808/01/05/00105/E of May 17, 2006 (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome X, folio 5546). 299 Cf. Report of the investigating judge in administrative file 7808/01/05/00105/E of May 17, 2006 (file of annexes to the submission of the case, tome X, folio 5545). 300 Cf. Decree No. 2740 of the Governor of the province of Mendoza, annex to the decree, paragraph B.2.b), B.O. No. 28,260 of the province of Mendoza, November 17, 2008 (merits file, tome II, folio 922). 74

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