a)
[the] organiz[ation of] a public act acknowledging […] international
responsibility and apologiz[ing] to the victims Dilcia Yean and Violeta Bosico, and to
Leonidas Oliven Yean, Tiramen Bosico Cofi[,] and Teresa Tucent Mena, with the
participation of state authorities, the victims[,] and their next of kin, as well as their
representatives, and [the] disseminat[ion] [of the act] in the media (radio, press[,] and
television) (operative paragraph seven of the Judgment); and
b)
[the] adopt[ion] within [the State’s] domestic legislation, in accordance with
Article 2 of the American Convention, [of] the legislative, administrative[,] and […] other
measures needed to regulate the procedure[s] and requirements [for the] acqui[sition
of] Dominican nationality through late registration of birth (operative paragraph eight of
the Judgment).
AND DECID[ED]:
1.
To call upon the State to adopt all measures necessary to promptly and effectively
comply with the outstanding operative paragraphs as stipulated in declarative point two above,
pursuant to Article 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights.
2.
To require the State to submit before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, by
February 2, 2010 at the latest, a report indicating all of the measures adopted to comply with the
outstanding reparations ordered by this Court, pursuant to Considering Clauses 14[,] 15[,] and
24 to 27.
[…]
5.
The briefs of February 2 and 3, 2011, wherein the State of the Dominican Republic
(hereinafter “the State” or “the Dominican Republic”) presented the Court with the legislation
that had been adopted in order to comply with the Judgment, and reiterated its willingness to
carry out the public act of acknowledgment of international responsibility.
6.
The communication of February 15, 2011, wherein the Secretariat of the Court
(hereinafter “the Secretariat”), following instructions of the President of the Court, again
requested that the State present a report to complement the information provided in the
abovementioned briefs, no later than March 15, 2011. Similarly, on this same day the
representatives of the victims (hereinafter “the representatives”) and the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American
Commission”) received the information presented by the State, and were informed that once
the complementary report was received, it would be forwarded to them in order for their
observations to be made.
7.
The communication of March 15, 2011, wherein the State reported that it would
provide the information requested by the Court in the following days. The communication of
March 24, 2011, wherein the Secretariat granted an additional and non-extendable period
ending April 23, 2011, in order for the State to submit the requested information. The
communications of June 9 and September 12, 2011, wherein the Secretariat, in light of the
expiration of the period of time provided, reiterated its requirement to the State, in order for
it to provide the additional report being requested.
CONSIDERING THAT:
1.
Monitoring compliance with decisions is a power inherent to the judicial functions of
the Court.
2.
The Dominican Republic has been a State Party to the American Convention on Human
Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) since April 19, 1978, and
acknowledged the Court’s contentious jurisdiction on March 25, 1999.
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