46 area, specifically one of the area in which the family of Germán Escué Zapata live. Said publications shall be made within six months following notice of this Judgment. f) Public act of acknowledgement of responsibility 175. The representatives of the victim and the relatives requested a "public apology from the State, in which it should acknowledge the facts and accept the responsibility for the serious violations of human rights committed by its agents to the detriment of Germán Escué and his relatives." 176. The State pledged to carry out such act in the terms established by the Court and it also stated its will to carry it out in Resguardo de Jambaló, organized upon common agreement with the victim's relatives. Furthermore, it requested the Court to take into consideration "the petition made by the Commission in the public hearing regarding the apology from the State to Mrs. Etelvina Zapata and Myriam Zapata Escué, as a first step for the recovery of the historical memory of the victim and the satisfaction of his relatives." 177. As mentioned previously (supra, para. 20), the Court truly values the acknowledgement of responsibility made by the State during this proceedings, as well as the will displayed to carry out the public act of acknowledgement of responsibility. As established in other cases,142 the Court finds that the State must make a public acknowledgement of liability, as a measure of reparation for the damage caused to the victim and his relatives, previously agreed upon by the relatives and the representatives, in relation to the violations declared in this Judgment. That public acknowledgement must be made in Resguardo de Jambaló, in a public ceremony and must count on the participation of the State’s highest-ranking authorities. Furthermore, that act must be made in the presence of leaders of the Community143 and the victim’s relatives, if they wish so. The State must provide the means to facilitate the presence of these persons in the said act.144 Also, the Colombian State must conduct this act in both Spanish and in Nasa Yute. In such act, the State should take into account the traditions, usages and customs of the members of the Community. To that end, the State shall carry out this activity within one year of notification of this Judgment. g) Creation of a Chair 178. The representatives requested the creation of a Special Fund of University Scholarships, named after the victim, "for the members of Indigenous Communities who have been victims of human rights violations," as a way of honoring the memory and as “a means of guaranteeing the non-repetition of the similar events;” said chair “shall be composed by a Nasa Chair as life history of the elderly.” The State, in addition, has informed that "it has being speeding up some approaches with the University of Cauca in order to create an university chair named after Germán Escué Zapata." 142 Cf. Case of Carpio-Nicolle et al. v. Guatemala, Judgment of November 22, 2004. Series C No. 117, para. 136; Case of La Cantuta v. Peru, supra note 8, para. 235; Case of Miguel Castro-Castro Prison v. Peru, supra note 17, para. 445. 143 Cf. Case of the Plan de Sánchez Massacre v. Guatemala. Reparations, (Article 63(1) American Convention of Human Rights). Judgment of November 19, 2004. Series C No. 116, para. 100; Case of the Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community v. Paraguay, supra note 20 para. 201; and Case of the Serrano-Cruz Sisters v. El Salvador, supra, note 20 para. 194. 144 Cf. Case of the Plan de Sánchez Massacre v. Guatemala. Reparations, supra note 147, para. 100; and Case of the Serrano-Cruz Sisters v. El Salvador, supra, note 20 para. 194.

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