-11(b) Regarding the creation of a search web page, “the State is obliged to create a
web page to trace those who disappeared that: provides a database with first
and last names, possible physical characteristics and all available information
on the Serrano Cruz sisters, and on their next of kin; and gives the contact
addresses and telephone numbers of State institutions […]; [and] to adopt
the necessary measures to set up links from the web page to national
authorities and institutions dedicated to tracing disappeared children and
youths in order to encourage, participate in and collaborate with the creation
and development of an international search network.” In order to trace the
Serrano Cruz sisters, “the information on them and their family must be
expanded[,…] because the brief descriptions that have been included do not
even permit their current age to be established or provide any other
information that could be relevant or useful for tracing the Serrano Cruz
sisters.” “The Commission considers it important that the State report on the
efforts made to complete the internal coordination and links that will ensure
that the information provided on the children who disappeared during the
armed conflict, with emphasis on the case of Ernestina and Erlinda, makes
this page a truly valuable effort and not merely compliance with an
international obligation”;
(c) Regarding the creation of a genetic information system, “dual criteria should
be applied, so that, based on considerations of efficiency and effectiveness,
an evaluation is made of whether […] the State’s actions with a view to
conducting the respective investigations have produced results that allow it to
be inferred that the Court’s requirements will be met within a reasonable
time. In this context, the Commission was concerned that there is no record
in the case file of any real action to comply with what the Court established”;
(d) Regarding the publication, at least once, in the official gazette and in another
national newspaper of Chapters I, III and VI, as well as the operative
paragraphs of the judgment, “the State’s reasons for publishing some
additional material to that ordered by the Court are unclear; in particular, the
dissenting opinion of the Judge ad hoc, in the absence of the dissenting
opinions of two of the Court’s own judges.” “It is true that there is a link to
the complete text of the judgments in the Serrano Cruz case on the search
web page”;
(e) Regarding the obligation to designate a day dedicated to the children who
disappeared during the internal armed conflict for different reasons, the
name of this day “should mention the phenomenon of disappearance rather
than loss of children”;
(f) Regarding the obligation to provide, free of charge, through its specialized
health institutions, the medical and psychological treatment required by the
next of kin of the victims, including the medicines they require, the State
“has not documented full compliance with what the Court ordered, and it
hopes that all the obstacles encountered can be overcome.” “It was
extremely concerned that the person who had acted as a prosecutor in the
case and as a witness for the State before the Court should have been put in
charge of coordinating the execution of this obligation, because it was
extremely important that the best interests of the victims should always be
taken into account.” In addition, it “observes the failure to comply with the
obligation to provide psychological treatment to the victims’ next of kin”;
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