of view of the public coffers.”
176. As it has done in other cases,281 the Court orders the State to publish, within six months
from notification of this judgment: a) the official summary of this judgment prepared by the
Court, once, in the Official Gazette, as well as on the web pages of the Legislative Assembly of
the state of Paraíba and the Judiciary of Paraíba, and in a newspaper with widespread national
circulation, in a legible font of appropriate size, and b) this judgment in its entirety, available
for at least one year, on the official web site of the state of Paraíba and of the Federal
Government, in a manner accessible to the public from the home page of the web site. The
State shall advise the Court immediately when it has made each of the publications ordered,
regardless of the one-year timeframe for presenting its first report, as established in the
operative paragraphs of this judgment.
177. Furthermore, in order to repair the damage caused to the victims and to prevent a
repetition of the facts of this case, the Court deems it necessary to order the State to carry out
an act of acknowledgement of international responsibility in relation to the facts of this case
within one year from notification of this judgment. The aforementioned event may even take
place in the chamber of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba, provided that the victims so wish.
During this act, reference should be made to all the human rights violations declared in this
judgment. The event should also be attended by at least one senior authority of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Paraíba.282
178. The State and the mother of Ms. Barbosa de Souza, and/or her representatives, shall
agree on the manner of carrying out the act, as well as details such as the place and date for
its realization.283 In view of the harm caused to the victims by the media coverage of the case
of Márcia Barbosa and the consequent request for confidentiality of their identities, the victims
or their representatives have a period of one month from the publication of this judgment to
inform the Court whether they wish the event in question to be public or private. If this
information is not submitted within the term established, the act shall be held privately.
D.
Measure of rehabilitation
179. The Commission requested that the Court order the State to provide the physical and
mental health care necessary for the rehabilitation of the mother and father of Márcia Barbosa
de Souza, if they so wish and with their consent.
180. The representatives requested that the Court order Brazil to provide medical and
psychological care to the mother and the sister of Márcia Barbosa de Souza.
181. The State pointed out that Márcia Barbosa de Souza’s next of kin already receive
medical and psychological care provided by the Single Health System, which makes the present
measure of reparation inappropriate.
182. The Court has determined that the facts of this case caused serious harm to the
personal integrity of M.B.S. and S.R.S., in terms of physical, emotional and psychological
suffering (supra paras. 161 and 162). Therefore, the Court considers it necessary to order a
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C No.
88, para. 79, and Case of Garzón Guzmán et al. v. Ecuador, supra, para. 117.
282
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs, supra, para. 81, and Garzón Guzmán et al. v.
Ecuador, supra, para. 120.
283
Cf. Case of Radilla Pacheco v. Mexico. Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of
November 23, 2009, supra, para. 353, and Garzón Guzmán et al. v. Ecuador, supra, para. 120.
281
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