criminal offense in accordance with international standards and the provisions of this
Judgment (supra paras. 129 to 144). This obligation is binding on all the powers and organs
of the State as a whole.
2.3
Training for public officials
178. The Inter-American Commission asked the Court to order the State to ensure the
training of judges and other relevant officials on the comprehensive rights of children
relating to the best interests of the child. It indicated that, in this case, the State’s
responsibility arose, to a great extent, from the lack of training of its public officials. The
Commission asked that, using a specific approach, the State conduct continuous training
programs for public officials, above all, judicial officials, concerning adoption and
determination of guardianship, custody or visiting regimes when children have been legally
or illegally separated from their families, in accordance with the corpus juris on children and
adolescents and the principle of the best interests of the child, as well as the principle of
non-discrimination contained in the American Convention.
179. The representative requested this measure of reparation in similar terms to the
Inter-American Commission.
180.
The State did not refer to this measure of reparation.
181. In the past, this Court has referred to the importance of training public officials in
this regard, indicating that it is not enough to establish judicial guarantees and protection if
those who intervene in the proceedings lack sufficient training on what the best interests of
the child involve and, consequently, on the effective protection of their rights.120
182. In this case, the Court has concluded that the violations of the rights of Mr. Fornerón
and his daughter occurred basically due to the actions of the justice system of the province
of Entre Ríos. Consequently, the Court establishes that the State must implement, within a
reasonable time calculated as of notification of this Judgment and with the respective
budgetary provisions, an compulsory program or course for judicial agents, including
judges, defense counsel, prosecutors, legal advisers and other officials of the province of
Entre Ríos who intervene in the administration of juvenile justice, that includes among
others aspects, international human rights standards, particularly with regard to the rights
of the child, and their best interests, and the principle of non-discrimination.
2.4. Publication of the Judgment
183. Neither the Commission nor the representatives asked the Court to order the State
to publish this Judgment. Nevertheless, the Court considers it appropriate to establish that
the State must publish once, within six months of notification of this Judgment, the official
summary of the Judgment prepared by the Court in the State’s Official Gazette, as well as in
the official gazette of the province of Entre Ríos.
3. Other measures requested
3.1. Education on the best interests of the child and right to an identity
184. The representatives asked the Court to order the State to incorporate the best
interests of the child and the right to an identity into the educational curricula at all
120
Cf. Advisory Opinion OC-17/02, supra note 51, para. 79.
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