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b.ii)
that it adopt such security measures as may be necessary to
protect the life and the right to humane treatment of all the next of
kin, judges, prosecutors, witnesses, attorneys, and other judicial
authorities involved in the case;
b.iii) as an exceptional measure, that the Court appoint an observer
to monitor the domestic proceedings and to report to the Court on a
regular basis;
b.iv) that it order an investigation of the judges who have not
observed Guatemalan laws and legal proceedings with respect to the
amparo remedies filed and the use of official secret by the authorities;
b.v)
that it order an investigation of the numerous interlocutory
motions to obstruct justice in this case;
b.vi) that it order compliance with the requests for documents filed
by the secretariat and the court during the proceedings against the
direct perpetrator and the accessories;
c)
that it adopt the following guarantees of non-recidivism:
c.i)
that it adjust its judicial practice with the aim of ruling rapidly
and effectively on repetitive or obstructive amparo remedies in this
case, and that it adjust its amparo legislation in accordance with the
American Convention, thus providing an effective judicial recourse for
the victims;
c.ii)
that it regulate and constitutionally interpret the application of
the doctrine of official secret;
c.iii) that it order compliance with the Peace Accords and the
recommendations of the Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH)
to resolve the continuous conflicts in Guatemala. Non-compliance with
these recommendations impedes closing the circle of violence and
impunity in the country. These measures include, especially:
dissolving the Presidential General Staff (EMP);
a reform of the intelligence bodies in Guatemala, for
which the Government must submit to Congress the respective
bills to: a) precisely define the structures, tasks, and spheres of
action of civil and military intelligence, restricting the latter to
exclusively military objectives; and b) to clearly establish
effective control mechanisms of Congress over all aspects of the
intelligence apparatus of the State;
establishment of a national holiday, the Day of the
Victim, to commemorate the victims of human rights violations
during the internal conflicts in Guatemala over the last thirty
years.
c.iv)
to reform the Guatemalan National Civil Police;
c.v)
for José Mérida Escobar to be recognized by the police
institution as a “martyr in performance of duty” and for his name to be
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