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circulation. The State confirmed its intention to implement this measure through a public act and to
try to reach a prior agreement with the victims and their representatives on the means of compliance,
including the selection of a place and date of symbolic importance.
Considerations of the Court
225. As it has done in other cases,313 the Court orders the State to carry out a public act of
acknowledgment of international responsibility for the facts of this case, referring to the violations
established in this judgment. This act must be carried out by means of a public ceremony in the
presence of senior State officials and the victims in this case. The State must reach agreement with
the victims or their representatives on the method of complying with the public act of
acknowledgement, as well as on its characteristics, such as the place and date on which it will be
held.314 It State must also cover the cost of transporting the victims and publicizing this act in the
media.315 The State has one year from notification of this judgment to implement this measure.
b)
Publication of the judgment
226. The representatives asked the Court to order the State to publish the full judgment once, both
in the Official Gazette and in a national newspaper with wide circulation, as well as on the web page
of all public institutions involved in these cases and on the web page of the Salvadoran Armed Forces.
In their final arguments the representatives also called for the publication of “a segment of a popular
version” of the judgment. The State acknowledged the importance of publishing the judgments issued
by the Court in the country, “since this contributes to the reparation of the victims,” and agreed to
publish the official summary of the judgment, once, in the Official Gazette and in a newspaper with
wide national circulation, and to make the full judgment available on an official web site, for one year.
Considerations of the Court
227. The Court considers, as it has in other cases,316 that, within six months of notification of this
judgment, the State must publish:
a)
The official summary of this judgment prepared by the Court, once, in the Official
Gazette;
b)
The official summary of this judgment prepared by the Court, once, in one (1) national
newspaper with wide circulation, and
c)
The whole of this judgment, for one year, on one (1) official national web site, as well
as on the official web site of the Armed Forces of El Salvador, in a manner accessible to the
public.
228. As to the request made by the representatives in their final arguments (supra para. 226), the
Court observes that it was not submitted at the proper procedural moment, that is, during the
submission of the pleadings and motions brief; therefore, it is time-barred and will not be
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C No. 88, para.
81, and Case of the Landaeta Mejías Brothers et al. v. Venezuela. Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs.
Judgment of August 27, 2014. Series C No. 281, para. 307.
313
Cf. Case of Kawas Fernández v. Honduras. Merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of April 3, 2009 Series C No. 196,
para. 202, and Case of the Landaeta Mejías Brothers et al. v. Venezuela, supra, para. 307.
314
Cf. Case of Myrna Mack Chang v. Guatemala, supra, para. 278, and Case of Contreras et al. v. El Salvador, supra,
para. 203.
315
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs, supra, para. 79, and Case of Human Rights Defender
et al. v. Guatemala, supra, para. 261.
316