44 158. However, given that the relatives were not present at the public acknowledgment of liability made on June 21, 2006, and considering that the State has accepted the corresponding claim, the Court orders that the public acknowledgment of liability be repeated in the presence of the relatives of Gerardo Vargas-Areco, as a measure of satisfaction, in the community where the family of the minor Vargas-Areco resides, in the presence of the State’s civil and military authorities. In the course of said act, a plaque, whose text and wording will be agreed upon with the relatives of the child, will be affixed in order to keep his memory alive and prevent repetition of events such as those occurred in the instant case. c) Medical and psychological treatment 159. It has been proven that the physical, psychological and emotional distress suffered by the relatives of Gerardo Vargas-Areco as a result of the violations recognized in the instant case have lasted through to this day and have impaired their respective life projects (supra para. 71(28) 95 and 96). On account of the foregoing, the Court, as in other opportunities,85 is of the opinion that reparations must also include psychological and psychiatric treatment for all the relatives of Gerardo Vargas-Areco, at their discretion. 160. For the purposes specified above, the State must provide the required medical and psychological treatment, individually and in group, based on the nature of the case and as determined by the professionals in charge of said treatment, through public health institutions, for free and including the related examinations and medicines. d) Education in human rights 161. The State must design and implement training programs and regular courses in human rights available to all members of the Paraguayan Armed Forces. e) Publication of the relevant parts of the Judgment 162. As a measure of satisfaction, the State must publish at least once in the Official Gazette and in another nationwide daily newspaper, the chapter on Proven Facts of this Judgment, without the corresponding footnotes, and the related operative paragraphs. f) Adapting domestic legislation to the American Convention 163. The State informed that it deposited an instrument that is part of the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child regarding armed conflict, which sets forth that the minimum age to serve in the Paraguayan Armed Forces is 18 years old. Furthermore, the State alleged that the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces signed a project to be sent to the National Congress to amend Laws No. 569/75 (“Compulsory Military Service”) and 123/52 (regarding CIMEFOR), in relation to the minimum age for recruitment into the Paraguayan Armed Forces. 85 Cf. Case of the Ituango Massacres, supra note 3, para. 403; Case of Baldeón-García, supra note 3, para. 206; Case of the Pueblo Bello Massacre, supra note 21, para. 274.

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