93 C.2. Guarantees of non-repetition i. a remains. Creation of specialized units to carry out the investigation of complaints of serious human rights violations and elaboration of protocol for the collection and identification of the bodily 272. The representatives requested that the State be ordered to “create specialized units within the Prosecutors’ Office and the Judicial Branch, which would carry out the investigation of complaints of grave violations of human rights” to which it must “administratively reorganize the financial, technical, and administrative resources” in order to guarantee their operation.” They based this requirement on the lack of organization in the Prosecutors’ Office and the Judicial Branch to efficiently respond to causes of this nature and on the lack of comprehensive investigative strategies, in addition to their workload and lack of specialization and exclusive attention to theses issues. 273. The State informed that a “bill has been drafted by which specialized units in the Prosecutor’s Office as well as in the Judicial Branch are created, with jurisdiction to participate in complaints of serious human rights violations.” Likewise, it informed that a “project has been prepared, whereby an Interministerial Commission is created for the purpose of ascertaining the fate of the disappeared individuals between the years 1973 to 1985 [sic] as well as to ‘Produce a Protocol for the gathering of, and information on, the remains of the disappeared individuals.’” In its final arguments, the State emphasized the creation of the National Institute of Human Rights, a body under the Legislative Branch of the Republic. It stated that the organization of the criminal courts in Uruguay is a topic in permanent discussion and that the Executive Branch forwarded to the Legislative Branch a draft bill of a new Criminal Procedure Code which would introduce, among others, an oral and public process, whereby the prosecuting attorneys participate and are responsible for the coordination and order of the inquiries. 274. The Court values that the State has initiated activities to continue the investigations to determine the fate of the disappeared during the military dictatorship in Uruguay. The Court assesses positively the State’s offer to create an Interministerial Commission in charge of promoting the investigation to ascertain the fate of the disappeared individuals between the years 1973 to 1985, to which it recommends that the participation of a representative of the victim of said events be ensured who would be able to channel relevant information and would be subject to the confidentiality that such information requires, and of a representative of the Public Prosecutor’s Office acting as contact to compile such information. 275. Furthermore, the Court positively values the State’s disposition to establish a “Protocol for the collection and information of the bodily remains of the disappeared persons,” and it orders the State to indeed adopt it, making this known to the responsible authorities for its immediate implementation. ii. Training for the operators of justice

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