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security forces” through the “Law on Access to Public Information,” and
the “Law for the Protection of Procedural Subjects and People Linked to
the Administration of Criminal Justice.”
The representatives manifested the insufficiency of the information
presented by the State and indicated that access to information in the
army’s case files “has not been materialized.”
60.
The Commission “value[d]” the adoption of measures “to clarify
past disappearances,” but mentioned that “it does not have enough
elements” to issue a ruling on these measures.
61.
The Court values the efforts made by the State in order to comply
with this Operative Paragraph of the Judgment. However, it considers
that it still requires more information on the different initiatives
mentioned, especially regarding the measures of protection for
procedural subjects and access to the information in the army’s files.
62.
THEREFORE:
THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
in exercising its power to monitor compliance with its own decisions
pursuant to Articles 33, 62(1), 63(2), 67 and 68(1) of the American
Convention on Human Rights, 30 of its Statutes, and 31 and 69 of its
Rules of Procedure,
DECLARES:
1.
That the following obligations are pending compliance:
a) To locate the mortal remains of Mr. Efrain Bámaca-Velásquez,
exhume the remains in the presence of his widow and next of kin,
and subsequently hand them over to them (operative paragraph
one of the Judgment on reparations);
b) To adopt legislative, and any other measure necessary, to adjust
Guatemalan legal codes to international human rights regulations
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