261. However, if the victims do not reside in Dominican Republic, the Court considers it
pertinent to determine that, if the victims seek or request medical or psychological
treatment, the State must grant the surviving victims who were injured, the sum of
US$7,500.00 (seven thousand five hundred United States dollars) and the remaining
survivors, the sum of US$3,500.00 (three thousand five hundred United States dollars),
both sums for expenses related to medical and psychological treatment, so that they may
receive such attention in the place where they reside.318
1.
Satisfaction
a) Publication and dissemination of the Judgment
262. The representatives requested the publication of this Judgment in Spanish, French
and Creole in a newspaper with widespread distribution, as well as in the official gazette.
The Commission and the State did not refer to this measure of reparation.
263. The Court orders, as it has in other cases,319 that the State must publish the official
summary of this Judgment prepared by the Court within six months of notification of the
Judgment as follows: (a) once, in the official gazette of the Dominican Republic; (b) once in
a national newspaper of the Dominican Republic with widespread circulation, and (c)
translated into French and Creole, and published once, in a national newspaper of Haiti with
widespread circulation. In addition, this Judgment, in its entirety, must remain available for
one year, on an official website of the Dominican Republic.
b) Acknowledgement of international responsibility and public apology
264. The representatives asked that the State make an acknowledgement of its
responsibility for the violations of the human rights of the victims and their next of kin and
issue a public apology to the victims and their next of kin. The Commission and the State did
not refer to this measure.
265. The Court finds that, in order to repair the harm caused to the victims and to avoid a
repetition of facts such as those of this case, 320 it is necessary to order the State to organize
a public act to acknowledge its international responsibility in relation to the facts of the
instant case. During this act, reference must be made to the human rights violations
declared in this Judgment. The act must be carried out by means of a public ceremony in the
presence of senior State officials, including those from the military sphere and the DOIF, and
the victims in this case. The State must reach agreement with the victims or their
representatives on the means of complying with the public act of acknowledgement, as well
as on the required characteristics, such as the location – it could be held in the Consulate of
the Dominican Republic in Haiti – and the date.321 The State has six months from notification
of this Judgment to carry out this act.
3.
Guarantees of non-repetition
318
Cf. Case of the Miguel Castro Castro Prison, supra, para. 450, and Case of Gomes Lund et al. (Guerrilha do
Araguaia) v. Brazil. Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of November 24, 2010. Series
C No. 219, para. 269.
319
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C
No. 88, para. 79, and Case of the Rio Negro Massacres v. Guatemala, supra, para. 287.
320
Cf. Case of Carpio Nicolle et al., supra, para. 136, and Case of González Medina and Family Members v.
Dominican Republic, supra, para. 297.
321
Cf. Case of Kawas Fernández v. Honduras, supra, para. 202, and Case of González Medina and Family
Members v. Dominican Republic, supra, para. 297.
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