75 Genetics.” The State “reaffirm[ed] its commitment to comply” with these measures, and indicated that it was taking steps in the context of the case in question. Regarding the National Search Commission, it indicated that it “did not object” to the representatives’ request, because creation of the Commission, “by presidential decree, does not exclude the possibility of the Legislative Assembly consolidating the establishment of this Commission by ordering its creation by legislative decree.” Regarding the Institute of Anthropology and Forensic Genetics, the State considered it positive that a proposed strategy for implementing this measure is “the possibility of entering into partnerships and obtaining technical cooperation from countries and entities that have installed capacity and accumulated experience.” 216. In the seventh operative paragraph of the judgment in the case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters,301 the Court ordered that the State “must adopt the following measures to determine the whereabouts of Ernestina and Erlinda Serrano Cruz: establishment of a national commission to trace the young people who disappeared during the armed conflict when they were children, with the participation of civil society; creation of a search web page, and creation of a genetic information system.” Since the said measures ordered in the judgment in the case of the Serrano Cruz Sisters are part of a specific operative paragraph of that judgment, which, taken as a whole, refers to the implementation of a system that permits an effective search for the children disappeared during the armed conflict, the Court does not find it pertinent to order the requested measures of reparation again, because they have already been established in the said judgment and compliance with what the Court ordered is still being evaluated during the stage of monitoring compliance with judgment. 217. Similarly, the Court does not find it pertinent to order the creation of an autonomous Institute of Anthropology and Forensic Genetics, in the understanding that the contact with the families in order to interview their members, collect and update information, obtain details of the circumstances of the disappearance, and collect biological samples with the proper chain of custody, must be part of the work performed by the National Search Commission and the genetic information system to permit the identification of a person or of human remains using the appropriate forensic methods. 218. The representatives also asked the Court to order the State to adapt the definition of the crime of forced disappearance of persons to international standards on the matter. In addition, they asked that the recommendation that the State adopt “the measures necessary to ratify the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons” be reiterated. The State reported that the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador was examining bills to reform the definition of the crime of forced disappearance, which would result in compliance with the international standards for the definition of this crime. 219. According to the information it has received, the Court urges the State to continue the legislative process and adopt, within a reasonable time and in accordance with the obligation arising from Article 2 of the American Convention, the necessary measures to define the crime of forced disappearance of persons in keeping with the inter-American standards. This obligation is binding for all the State powers and bodies. In this regard, as this Court has indicated previously,302 the State must not restrict itself to promoting the corresponding bill, but rather it must also ensure its prompt enactment and entry into force in accordance with procedures established in domestic law. While complying with this 301 Cf. Case of the Serrano Cruz sisters, supra note 29, seventh operative paragraph. 302 Cf. Case of Radilla Pacheco, supra note 25, para. 344, and Case of Gomes Lund et al. (Guerrilha do Araguaia), supra note 97, para. 287.

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