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[personal integrity], enshrined in Article 5(1) of the American Convention
on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of the same, to the detriment
of the next of kin indicated in paragraphs 243 and 244 of the present
Judgment, pursuant to that stated in paragraphs 235 to 244 thereof.
AND ORDERS,
unanimously, that:
8. This Judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation.
9. The State must effectively conduct, within the ordinary jurisdiction, the
criminal investigation of the facts of the present case in order to ascertain
them, determine those criminally responsible, and effectively apply the
punishment and consequences which the law dictates, in the period of
time established in paragraphs 256 to 257 of this Judgment.
10. The State must carry out all efforts to determine the whereabouts of the
disappeared persons, and where applicable, identify and return the bodily
remains to the next of kin, pursuant to that established in paragraphs
261 to 263 of the present Judgment.
11. The State must provide the medical and psychological treatment as
required by the victims, and where necessary, pay the established sum,
in the terms of paragraphs 267 to 269 of the present Judgment.
12. The State must carry out the publications ordered, in conformity with that
established in paragraph 273 of the present Judgment.
13. The State must carry out a public act of acknowledgment of its
international responsibility in regard to the facts of the present case, in
conformity with paragraph 277 of the present Judgment.
14. The State must continue in the development of training programs, and
implement, in a reasonable period of time, a permanent and obligatory
program or course on human rights, directed at all the hierarchical levels
of the Armed Forces, pursuant to that established in paragraph 283 of
the present Judgment.
15. The State must adopt, in a reasonable period of time, the necessary
measures to codify the crime of enforced disappearance of persons in
conformity with Inter-American standards, pursuant to that established in
paragraph 287 of the present Judgment. While complying with this
measure, the State must adopt all actions that guarantee an effective
prosecution, and where applicable, punishment regarding the constituent
facts of enforced disappearance by means of the existent mechanisms in
the domestic forum.
16. The State must continue to develop the search initiatives, and
systematization and publication of all the information on the Guerrilha do
Araguaia, as well as the information regarding the human rights
violations which occurred during the military regime, guaranteeing access
thereto, in the terms of paragraph 292 of the present Judgment.
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