234. In Chapter VII.III of this judgment, the Court declared, inter alia, that the State was
internationally responsible for violating the personal integrity and the right to respect for honor
and recognition of dignity of Jorge Rolando Velásquez Durán, Elsa Claudina Paiz Vidal and Pablo
Andrés Velásquez Paiz, all next of kin of Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz. Therefore, the Court
finds, as it has in other cases,324 that it is necessary to establish a measure of reparation that
provides adequate care for the psychological and physical ailments suffered by the victims as a
result of the violations declared in this judgment. In order to contribute to redressing this harm,
the Court establishes the State’s obligation to provide, free of charge, through its specialized
health care institutions and immediately, adequately, comprehensively and effectively, medical
and psychological and/or psychiatric care to the victims who request this, following their
informed consent, and including the supply, free of charge, of any medication they may
eventually require based on their respective conditions. This means that the victims must
receive a differentiated treatment when following the procedures required to receive care in
public institutions. Furthermore, the respective treatment must be provided, insofar as possible,
in the centers closest to their places of residence in Guatemala for as long as necessary. In the
case of the psychological or psychiatric treatment, this should take into consideration the
particular circumstances and needs of each victim, so that they are provided with both family
and individual treatment, as agreed with each of them and following an individual evaluation.
The victims who request this measure of reparation, or their legal representatives, have six
months from notification of this judgment to advise the State of their intention of receiving
medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment.
C.2. Measures of satisfaction
C.2.1 Publication of the judgment
235. The Commission did not present any specific arguments on this point. The
representatives asked the Court to require the State to publish the judgement delivered in this
case in the Official Gazette and in another national newspaper, and to publish the entire
judgment, for at least one year, on an appropriate official website of the State taking into
account the characteristics of the publication required.
236. The State indicated that, if the Court determined that the State was responsible for any
of the alleged violations and decided that the judgment it handed down should be published, the
State would publish it as considered appropriate.
237. The Court establishes, as it has in other cases,325 that the State shall publish, within six
months of notification of this judgment: (a) the official summary of this judgment prepared by
the Court, once, in the official gazette; (b) the official summary of this judgment prepared by
the Court, once, in a national newspaper with widespread circulation in Guatemala, and (c) this
judgment in its entirety, available for at least one year, on an official website of the Public
Prosecution Service, well as on official websites of the Judiciary and the National Civil Police of
Guatemala.
C.2.2. Public act to acknowledge international responsibility
Cf. Case of Barrios Altos v. Peru. Reparations and costs. Judgment of November 30, 2001. Series C No. 87,
paras. 42 and 45, and Case of the Santa Bárbara Campesino Community v. Peru. Preliminary objections, merits,
reparations and costs. Judgment of September 1, 2015. Series C No. 299, para. 308.
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Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C No.
88, para. 79, and Case of López Lone et al. v. Honduras, supra, para. 303.
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