E) Measures of satisfaction 217. The Commission asked that the comprehensive reparation of the human rights violations include measures of satisfaction. 218. The representatives asked that Colombia be ordered to publish and disseminate this judgment. They deemed the following mechanisms to be appropriate: a) publication of the official summary of this judgment, once, in the Official Gazette in a legible and appropriate font size; b) publication of the same official summary, once, in a national newspaper with wide circulation, in a legible and appropriate font size; and c) publication of the full text of the judgment for at least one year on a government website that the public can access by clicking on a banner on the homepage. 219. They also asked that the State be ordered to offer a public apology to the victims’ relatives within six months of the publication of the judgment, in an act chaired by representatives of the National Government and the agencies responsible for guaranteeing and protecting human rights. They asked that the organization of the ceremony, and any travel or other expenses required, be coordinated with the victims. They also asked that the State be ordered to hold an “act of memory” highlighting the efforts of women searching for their loved ones in Colombia. 220. A further measure of satisfaction they requested was the awarding of grants to the youngest members of the Movilla family who wish to enter higher education (undergraduate or postgraduate studies) in the amount of COP 50,000,000 (approximately USD 14,312.00 when the pleadings and motions brief was filed) for each one. 221. In addition, they asked the Court to order the State to hand over all the information collected on Pedro Movilla and his family, and to delete it from the official records and archives. 222. The State was of the opinion that the ruling itself could constitute a measure of satisfaction and a guarantee of non-repetition, and reiterated its intention to hold an act of acknowledgment of responsibility based on the scope of responsibility presented by the State. It was willing to plan and hold an act with Mr. Movilla’s relatives, and acknowledged Candelaria Vergara as a woman searcher in Colombia, expressing appreciation for her tireless efforts to find her husband. It was also prepared to engage with the alleged victims in offering educational grants to attend institutions in Colombia to the relatives of Pedro Julio Movilla that the Court had established as victims. 223. Colombia also responded to the representatives’ request that all the information gathered on Pedro Movilla and his family be handed over, arguing that “all the information garnered from intelligence information on Pedro Julio Movilla has been passed on to the criminal investigation,” and that any additional information required by the Prosecutor’s Office during the criminal proceedings would be requested from the relevant entities. E.1 Publication and dissemination of the judgment 224. The Court, as in other cases,231 hereby establishes that the State must publish, within six months of the notification of the judgment: a) the official summary of the judgment prepared by the Court, once, in the Official Gazette, in a legible and appropriate font size; b) the official summary of the judgment prepared by the Court, once, in a widely distributed national Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C No. 88, para. 79; Case of Vera Rojas et al. v. Chile, supra, para. 169; and Case of Maidanik et al. Uruguay, supra, para. 233. 231 57

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