66 b) Public act of acknowledgement of international liability 246. The representatives requested that a public act of acknowledgement of international responsibility be carried out, led by the President of the Republic, in which the State asks the Chitay Rodríguez family and the community in which Florencio Chitay carried out his public activity for forgiveness. At the same time, they requested this act to be carried out in San Martín Jilotepeque, and with wide national coverage and with simultaneous interpretation in Kaqchikel. 247. The State pointed out that “it expressed its goodwill to include the [aforementioned] request within a process of [f]riendly [s]ettlement.” Likewise, the State pointed out that the PNR includes as a form of compensation, the restoration of the dignity of the victims. 248. In that regard, the Tribunal positively assesses that the State implement mechanisms to dignify the victims of the internal armed conflict. Nevertheless, this Tribunal deems it necessary for the State to carry out a public act of acknowledgement of responsibility for the facts of the present case as reparation to memory of Florencio Chitay Nech, which should be carried out in both Spanish and kaqchikel. In such act, reference should be made to the human rights violations declared in the present Judgment. Likewise, it should be carried out through a public ceremony in presence of high ranking State officials, and the next of kin of Mr. Chitay Nec. The State and the next of kin of Mr. Chitay Nech and/or their representatives should agree upon the modality of fulfillment of the public act of acknowledgement, as well as the specifics required, such as the place and the date in which it shall be carried out.259 c) Measures in memory of Florencio Chitay Nech 249. The representatives requested the Court that the Semetabaj Institute be named Florencio Chitay and the career choice of agronomist expert for youth of the region be implemented for youth that do not have access to secondary education. On the other hand, they requested the designation of a school, that shall receive financial recourses to grant “Florencio Chitay” scholarships so as to encourage the leadership of indigenous children and youth in Guatemala. In turn, the State reiterated its willingness to include the designation of: street, square, school, town hall, or center, with the name of the victim, within a process of friendly settlement. 250. It should be pointed out that several expert opinions and declarations presented before this Tribunal, have highlighted the importance of the labor of the indigenous leaders in their communities, and particularly the municipal, departmental, and national, labor and leadership, of Florencio Chitay, who always fought for the wellbeing of his community and served selflessly. (supra para. 112). 251. In the particular case, with the purpose of preserving the memory Florencio Chitay Nech in the community that he belonged to, the State, in coordination with the victims, shall place, in a public place significant to the next of kin, in the community of San Martín de Jilopequete, a commemorative plaque with the name Florencio Chitay Nech and reference to the activities he carried out. This plaque will serve to raise the public conscience to avoid the repetition of facts like those that occurred in the present case, and 259 Cf. Case Radilla Pacheco V. México, supra note 12, para. 353, and Case Dos Erres Massacre V. Guatemala, supra note 12, para. 262.

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