-139or individual treatment, as agreed with each of them and following individual
assessment.
(d)
State guarantees of security for the next of kin and former inhabitants
of the municipality of Pueblo Bello who decide to return
275. The Court is aware that some of the former inhabitants of Pueblo Bello do not
wish to return because they are afraid they will continue to be threatened by the
paramilitary groups. It is possible that this situation will not change until an effective
investigation and judicial proceedings have been completed, resulting in the
elucidation of the facts and the punishment of those responsible. When the former
inhabitants decide to return to Pueblo Bello, the State must guarantee their security.
To this end, the State should send official representatives to this jurisdiction from
time to time to verify public order and consult with the residents. If, during these
meetings, the inhabitants of the jurisdiction express concern about their security, the
State should adopt the necessary measures to guarantee it; such measures must be
designed in consultation with the beneficiaries.
276. Furthermore, since many of the inhabitants of Pueblo Bello lost their
possessions as a result of the facts of this case (supra para. 95(161)), the Court
considers that, as it has in other cases,265 the State should implement a housing
program for the next of kin who return to Pueblo Bello.
(e)
Public apology and acknowledgement of international responsibility
277. As a measure of satisfaction for the victims and a guarantee of non-repetition
of the grave human rights violations that occurred, the State should acknowledge
publicly, with the presence of high-ranking authorities, its international responsibility
for the facts of the instant case. The State should also issue an apology to the next
of kin of the persons disappeared and deprived of life for failing to comply with its
obligation to guarantee the rights to personal liberty, humane treatment and life of
these persons, as a result of its failure to comply with its prevention, protection and
investigation obligations, and also for the violation of the rights of access to justice,
judicial protection and judicial guarantees to their detriment.
(f)
Monument
278. The State must erect an appropriate and proper monument to recall the facts
of the Pueblo Bello massacre, as a measure to prevent the recurrence of such grave
events in the future. This monument must be installed in an appropriate public place
in Pueblo Bello, within one year of notification of this judgment.
(g)
Publication of the pertinent part of this judgment
279. The Court considers that, as a measure of satisfaction,266 the State must
publish once, within six months of notification of this judgment, in the official gazette
and in another daily newspaper with national circulation, the section of this judgment
entitled Proven Facts, without the corresponding footnotes, and also the operative
paragraphs.
265
266
Cf. Case of the Plan de Sánchez Massacre, supra note 246, para. 105.
Cf. Case of Blanco Romero et al., supra note 10, para. 101; Case of García Asto and Ramírez
Rojas, supra note 10, para. 282, and Case of Gómez Palomino, supra note 10, para. 142.
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