90
AND DECIDES,
Unanimously, that:
8.
The Court approves the “partial agreement in relation to some measures of
reparation”, consummated by the State and the representatives of the victims and their
next of kin on January 31, 2007, in the terms expressed in 240, 277 to 282 and 307 of the
present Judgment.
9.
The State must, within a reasonable time, effectively conduct the criminal
proceedings currently underway and those that have yet to begin, and must adopt all
measures necessary that reveal the facts of the present case in order to determine the
responsibility of those who participated in the mentioned violations, in the terms expressed
in paragraphs 287 to 295 of the present Judgment. The results of these proceedings shall
be released to the public by the State, so that the Colombian people may know the truth of
the events of the present case.
10.
The State must guarantee that functionaries of the judiciary, prosecutors,
investigators, and other employees of the justice system enjoy a system of adequate
security and protection, taking into account the circumstances of the cases in which they
are involved and the places where they work. This system should ensure that they may
undertake their duties with due diligence. Likewise, the State shall ensure the effective
and expeditious protection of witnesses, victims, and their next of kin in cases of gross
violations of human rights, in particular, with regard to the investigation of the events of
the present case, in the terms expressed in paragraphs 296 to 297 of the present
Judgment.
11.
The State shall immediately provide, without cost, the medical and psychological
treatment needed by the next of kin of the deceased victims, as well as surviving victim
Arturo Salgado Garzón and his next of kin, in the terms expressed in paragraphs 298 to
302 of the present Judgment.
12.
The State must develop and maintain permanent programs of human rights
education within the Colombian armed forces, and guarantee their effective implementation,
in terms expressed in paragraph 303 of the present Judgment.
13.
The State shall pay the amounts established in the present Judgment for pecuniary
damages, non-pecuniary damages, and costs and expenses within a period of one year,
counted from the notification of this Judgment, in the terms expressed in paragraphs 248 to
252, 267 to 274, 305, 306 and 308 to 312 of the same.
14.
The Court will supervise the integral implementation of the present Judgment, and
will consider the present case closed once the State has fully complied with the orders
contained therein. Within a period of one year, counted from notification upon the State of
the present Judgment, the State shall provide the Court with a report on the measures
taken to fulfill the Judgment, in the terms expressed in paragraph 313 of the present
Judgment.
Judge García Ramírez presented to the Court his Concurring Vote, which accompanies this
Judgment.
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