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implementation of this measure by coordinating and staying in permanent contact with
the representatives. Moreover, the Court notes that this measure also contemplates the
installation, and unveiling, of a photographic gallery of the victims as part of said
ceremony, as well as the transmission of the ceremony on state-run television. Nor the
State or the representatives have referred to the transmission in their briefs.
The installation of a plaque in the Paloquemao judicial complex in Bogotá
12.
In relation to the obligation to place a plaque with the date of the events and the
names of the victims in Paloquemao judicial complex in Bogotá (paragraph 277 (I)(2) of
the Judgment), since its report of April 14, 2009, the State has mentioned that it is
waiting for the proposal for the text, size and material from the victims’ representatives.
The State requested the Court to order the representatives “to present the plaque
proposal as soon as possible.”
13.
The representatives corroborated the information presented by the State and
manifest that they are “in the process of drafting, with the victims’ next-of-kin who live
in different areas of the country, a single and final proposal that fully satisfies their
expectations and requirements to comply with this reparation measure.”
They
requested the Court to continue monitoring compliance with this measure.
14.
The Commission noted with satisfaction the information presented on the
development of activities to comply with this reparation measure and stated that it was
waiting for information on its effective implementation.
15.
The Court values the willingness shown by the State to implement this reparation
measure. The State ensured that the representatives collaborated with proceedings,
even when choosing the "text, size and material" of the plaque.6 Bearing in mind the
State, for more than a year, has been stating that it is waiting for the representatives to
present a proposal to define the aforementioned details and that, according to the
provisions of the agreement, the "possible type, installation site and ceremony needed
to be agreed upon," therefore, the Court urges the representatives to communicate,
within three months following notification of this Order, the plaque proposal to the State
to finally implement this reparation measure. If the representatives do not communicate
such proposal to the State, the State will be able to continue taking actions to proceed
with the implementation of this measure, by coordinating and staying in permanent
contact with the representatives.
To modify the text and relocate the commemorative plaque found at the Office of the
Public Prosecutor.
16.
In relation to the obligation to modify the text of the existing commemorative
plaque of the La Rochela Massacre, by mutual consent between the representatives and
the Vice-president of the Republic, and to relocate it (paragraph 277(I)(3) of the
Judgment), the State informed that "the plaque, which was installed at the Office of the
Public Prosecutor, had been completely changed, as it was not possible to modify its
text." As for choosing where to locate the plaque, it communicated that the victims'
next-of-kin and their representatives chose a highly visible place at the Office of the
Public Prosecutor, and, on March 13, 2008, a ceremony was conducted to unveil the
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According to the partial agreement on reparations, the plaque must contain “the date of the events
and names of the victims”. Case of the Rochela Massacre V. Colombia. Merits, Reparations and Legal Costs.
Judgment of May 11, 2007. Series C N°. 163, para. 277.I.2.