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472. Since the monument relates to more individuals that those considered victims
in this case, the decision on the type of monument shall correspond to the public
authorities, who must consult the opinion of civil society organizations by means of an
open, public procedure in which the organizations that represented the victims in this
case shall be included.
4.1.4.
National day in memory of the victims
473. The Court considers that the publication of the Judgment (supra para. 469), the
public acknowledgement of responsibility (supra para. 470), and the monument to be
built to commemorate the victims (supra para. 472) are sufficient for the purposes of
the satisfaction of the victims. Consequently, it does not find it necessary to grant the
request that November 6 each year should be commemorated as the “National Day in
memory of the victims of femicide,” even though a measure of this type can be
discussed by the pertinent domestic bodies.
4.2.
Guarantees of non-repetition
4.2.1.
Regarding the request for a comprehensive, coordinated and
long-term policy to ensure that cases of violence against
women are prevented and investigated, those responsible
prosecuted and punished, and reparation made to the victims
474. The Commission considered that the Court should order the State to adopt “an
integral and coordinated policy, backed with sufficient resources, to guarantee that
cases of violence against women are adequately prevented, investigated and punished,
and that their victims receive reparations.”
475. The representatives requested the creation of a long-term program with the
necessary resources, in liaison with the different social actors and in coordination with
State institutions, with well-defined objectives, goals and indicators that permit
periodic progress reports and provide the community with information on the efforts
made to discover the truth about the facts. They also considered it necessary to assess
the normative framework for the prevention and sanction of violence against women,
as well as the policies and models for attending to victims of gender-based violence
and, in particular, to the families of women victims of murder, in keeping with
international standards for treatment of victims. Lastly, they asked that the State
establish a permanent, cross-cutting program to eradicate gender discrimination in the
public administration with constant evaluation mechanisms and indicators of difficulties
and progress.
476. The State alleged that it “had implemented a comprehensive and coordinated
policy, supported by adequate public resources, to ensure that the specific cases of
violence against women were adequately prevented, investigated, sanctioned and
redressed by whosoever was found responsible.”
477. The Tribunal observes that the State listed all the institutions, actions and legal
measures undertaken from 2001 to date, at both the federal and local level to prevent
and investigate the murder of women in Ciudad Juárez, as well as the support granted
to the victims by the government.
478. Regarding the policies for the investigation of these crimes, the State explained
how different types of prosecutors’ offices have operated, at the federal and the state
level, and jointly. These investigation policies will be explained more extensively when
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