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11.
That with regards to the pending compliance with operative paragraph four of the
Judgment (supra Having Seen 1) regarding delivery of the American Convention in Maya
Achí language to the victims and its publication in the Municipality of Rabinal, in the brief of
November 25, 2008 the State reported that through the Academy of Mayan Languages 51
Articles of that Convention had been translated into Maya Achí (supra Having Seen 4).
Additionally, in that same brief the State informed that: “[…] it is looking for the
appropriate mechanisms to perform a public ceremony in the community of Rabinal,
department of Baja Verapaz, to publish and deliver the judgment in its ‘popular version’,
the [A]merican [C]onvention […]”.
12.
That the representatives of the victims observed that “the process for publication of
the text of the American Convention to the victims is still pending[, and that] the ‘popular
version’ [delivered] only includes the contents of both judgments, and does not include the
American Convention yet[,] therefore they are waiting for the process of delivery [of the
American Convention] to the surviving victims and families to take place […] and the
establishment of an agreement with the beneficiaries and their representatives, on the best
way to comply with the publication of those texts.”
13.
That the Commission manifested in its observations that it takes cognizance of “the
information presented by the State with regards to holding a public ceremony to publish
and deliver the texts.” Additionally, it reiterated the need for coordination with the injured
party.
14.
That the Court takes cognizance of that reported by the State. However, it observes
that it did not submit information on the actions performed to deliver the text of the
American Convention to the victims nor for its publication in the Maya Achí language in the
Municipality of Rabinal, in conformity with operative paragraph four of the Judgment.
Therefore, in view of the foregoing and taking into consideration that indicated by the
representatives and the Commission, the State must report specifically on the steps
implemented to comply with the aforementioned measures still pending compliance.
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15.
That in relation to operative paragraph five of the Judgment (supra Having Seen 1),
with regards to the publication of certain parts of the Judgment on Reparations in Spanish
and Maya Achí in the Official Gazette and another newspaper of national circulation, in the
brief of November 25, 2008 the State manifested that it has complied with this paragraph,
since it published the Judgment in both Spanish and Maya Achí languages in the newspaper
“El Periódico” and also in Maya Achí in the “Diario de Centroamérica,” official newspaper of
Guatemala (supra Having Seen 4). It added that it reported on compliance with this
operative paragraph to the representatives of the victims. The State submitted a copy of
these publications.
16.
That the representatives informed that the State had fully complied with operative
paragraph five of the Judgment, and that they were waiting for a ceremony to be
performed by the State to deliver the newspaper publications to the surviving victims and
families.
17.
That the Commission assessed the publication performed by the State with regards
to operative paragraph five of the Judgment.