-9and the provision of medicines directly [….] The medical care received to date
has been less than optimum, because it has been affected by the general
shortcomings that characterize the health care services of the national
system […. H]owever, these deficiencies have been rectified in part by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by purchasing medicines that are out of stock in
the national hospitals and conducting some tests in private health care
institutions when necessary. But the provision of medicines has been slow
and bureaucratic […,] and support accessories for special conditions, such as
eye glasses and a walking stick, have not been provided.” “[A]lthough the
State has been complying with paragraphs 197 to 200 of the judgment, as
regards medical treatment, it has done so deficiently.” Regarding
psychological treatment, “the State has not taken any measure or action to
commence psychological care for the Serrano family, even though the
Asociación Pro-Búsqueda has requested this in writing on several occasions.”
“Since the State does not have an institution that provides psychological care
to victims of human rights violations, Pro-Búsqueda has recommended the
support of a private institution that offers this service. However, the
Association, as a representative of the victims, did not undertake to evaluate
their need to receive psychological care, as the State indicates in its report”;
(g) Regarding the State’s obligation to organize a public act acknowledging its
responsibility for the violations declared in the judgment and in reparation to
the victims and their next of kin, “the public act was designed to present the
first case resolved by the Inter-Institutional Tracing Commission […].” “[I]n
his address, the Minister of Foreign Affairs never acknowledged the State’s
responsibility for the violations committed […, but] merely ‘regretted’ that the
events had occurred […;] nor did he apologize to the next of kin of the
victims […,] so that the act did not represent a form of reparation for them.
Indeed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs never addressed himself to the
members of the Serrano Cruz family, who played no part in the ceremony”;
(h) Regarding the obligation to pay the compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary damages, “in a note of March 29, 2006, the State informed the
Asociación Pro-Búsqueda that it had opened bank accounts in a bank of the El
Salvador financial system in the name of the Serrano Cruz sisters, in which it
would deposit the amounts corresponding to each of them for compensation.”
However, the payments to the members of the Serrano Cruz family have not
been made;
(i) Regarding the obligation to pay the amounts established in paragraph 207 of
the judgment to the Asociación Pro-Búsqueda and to CEJIL for costs and
expenses, “the State advised that it had opened a bank account in favor of
the Asociación Pro-Búsqueda [….] However, this payment has not yet been
made.” With regard to the payment to CEJIL “the Salvadoran State had
delivered a cheque for the amount corresponding to expenses and costs”;
and
(j) Regarding the obligation to carry out an effective investigation into the
reported facts in this case, identify and punish those responsible and conduct
a genuine search for the victims, and to publicize the result of the criminal
proceedings, “from the State’s report it is evident that the judicial authorities
and prosecutors responsible for the investigations have not complied
satisfactorily with this measure. The said report mentions just one procedure
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