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192. As it has in other cases,131 and considering the State’s acceptance in this regard
(supra para. 31), the Court considers that, as a measure of satisfaction, the State must
publish once in the Official Gazette and in another national newspaper with widespread
coverage, chapters VII to X of this judgment, without the corresponding footnotes, and its
operative paragraphs. These publications must be made within six months of notification of
this Judgment.
iii)
Public act acknowledging international responsibility
193. As it has in other cases,132 the Court considers it necessary, in order to repair the
damage caused to the victims and their next of kin and to avoid a repetition of facts such as
those of this case, that the State conduct a public act acknowledging its international
responsibility in relation to the violations declared in this judgment, to make reparation to
the victims and to provide satisfaction to their next of kin. During this act, reference must
be made to the activities of Saúl Cantoral-Huamaní and Consuelo García-Santa Cruz, and
also to the human rights violations declared in this judgment. The act must take place in a
public ceremony, in the presence of authorities representing the State and the next of kin
who have been declared victims in this judgment, who must be invited by the State with
due notice. The State must publicize this act in the media.133 The act must be carried out
within six months of notification of this Judgment.
iv)
Scholarships for Education
194. Taking into consideration the request made by the representatives and, as the Court
has ordered in other cases,134 the State must provide a scholarship in a public Peruvian
institution for the children of Saúl Cantoral-Huamaní, covering all the costs of their
education, from the time the beneficiaries request the State to provide it until the
conclusion of their advanced technical or university studies. The State must also provide a
scholarship, under the same conditions, for professional training or updating for Ulises
Cantoral-Huamaní and Pelagia Mélida Contreras-Montoya de Cantoral.
v)
Medical and psychological care
195. In accordance with the statements made and the expert opinion provided in these
proceedings, the facts of this case have affected physically and mentally the next of kin who
have been declared victims in this judgment. In his expert psychological report, the expert
witness Gushiken Miyagui referred to the need for these next of kin to receive medical and
psychological treatment.135
196. When examining the situation of Pelagia Mélida Contreras-Montoya de Cantoral, Saúl
Cantoral Huamaní’s wife, the expert’s report indicated that the efforts of Mrs. Contreras to
overcome the death of her husband have been insufficient and that she had been in crisis in
recent months. In this regard, the expert stated that “when Saul’s death is mentioned, she
131
Cf. Case of Bueno-Alves v. Argentina, supra note 8, para. 215; Case of La Cantuta v. Peru, supra note 8,
para. 237; and Case of Goiburú et al. v. Paraguay, supra note 72, para. 175.
132
Cf. Case of La Cantuta v. Peru, supra note 8 para. 235; Case of the Miguel Castro-Castro Prison v. Peru,
supra note 6, para. 445; and Case of Vargas-Areco v. Paraguay, supra note 6, para. 158.
133
Cf. Case of the Miguel Castro-Castro Prison v. Peru, supra note 6, para. 445; Case of the Girls Yean and
Bosico v. Dominican Republic. Judgment of September 8, 2005. Series C No. 130, para. 235; and the case of the
Yakye Axa Indigenous Community. Judgment of June 17, 2005. Series C No. 125, para. 226.
134
Cf. Case of Gómez-Palomino v. Peru, supra note 65, para. 148; and Case of the Gómez-Paquiyauri
Brothers v. Peru, supra note 6, para. 237.
135
Cf. Expert psychological report provided by Roberto Alfonso Gushiken-Miyagui on January 11, 2007 (file of
preliminary exception, merits, reparations and costs pages 426 to 442).
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