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measures and the suffering of the indirect victims, the relatives of S.F. GómezPalomino, in view of his forced disappearance, and the right to a fair trial (paras. 145 to
148).
12.
As to the proven facts, the Court referred to the “generalized systematic
pattern” of forced disappearances of persons in Peru during the 1989-1993 period, as a
“mechanism of anti-subversive struggle” (para. 54.1-4). In its Final Report, adopted on
August 27, 2003, the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación del Perú (Truth and
Reconciliation Commission of Peru) referred to “reconciliation through education in
values" (para. 4.2.7 of the Report), and requested a series of human rights education
measures, including establishing "humanistic training courses" to achieve "a more
integral training for individuals."8
13.
Thus, human rights education measures have a broader scope than that of
reparations since they are also preventive measures against violence and abuses
against human beings. Today, these measures have gained special relevance in all
Latin America: one cannot disregard the fact that education is in the public interest
(aimed at reaching the common good) and not simply a commodity left abandoned to
the “logic” (or, in fact, lack of logic) of the market (as sadly observed throughout Latin
America) and, in the medium and long term, education will be the only way to
efficiently face many of the challenges involving the protection of human rights.
Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade
Judge
Pablo Saavedra-Alessandri
Secretary
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Final Report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación del Perú (Truth and Reconciliation
Commission of Peru), August, 27, 2003, pp 133-134.
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