26. On the other hand, the representatives and the Commission agreed that the State has
fulfilled the obligation imposed on it in the Judgment on this matter. The Commission also
expressed “its satisfaction with the attendance of high-ranking officials at the event on
December 14, 2012, the active participation of Ms. Atala at the event, and the broad
participation of representatives of civil society.”
Considerations of the Court
27.
The Court recalls that in paragraph 263 of the Judgment, it was established that
when carrying out the act of acknowledgment: i) the State shall make reference to the
human rights violations described in this Judgment; ii) the State shall ensure the
participation of those victims who wish to be present, and shall invite the organizations that
represented the victims in national and international proceedings, and iii) the conduct and
other details of the public ceremony shall be duly discussed in advance with the victims’
representatives.
28.
First, the Court notes and appreciates the information provided by the State on the
efforts it took to coordinate and carry out prior consultations about the act of
acknowledgment in this case, to the extent that fluid communication was established with
the representatives in order to determine issues such as the place, the high-ranking officials
that would represent the State, the musical act that took place, the people and
organizations that would be invited to the event, the date and time thereof, and the manner
in which the event would be disseminated.10 The foregoing sets an example in the
organization and coordination of such events.
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29.
Second, the Court finds that the State provided a number of documents, videos
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and photographs, which demonstrate that the State effectively carried out the public act
of acknowledgment of international responsibility in accordance with what was stated in the
Judgment. In this regard, the Court considers that the act carried out by Chile was
appropriate and proportional to the violations for which reparation was sought. Moreover,
the Court also highlighted the attendance of high-ranking State authorities at the act of
acknowledgment. In light of the abovementioned, it appreciates the efforts of the State and
considers that operative paragraph four of the Judgment has been fully satisfied.
D.
Obligation to implement, within a reasonable period of time, permanent
education programs and training courses directed at public officials (operative
paragraph five).
30.
The State reported that “on December 6 and 7, 2012, the Academy Training Course
was held. This course was given by representatives of the Regional Office for South America
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). It was carried out in
eight modules in which fundamental concepts of human rights in the United Nations system
were discussed.” It added that “[i]n this line of work together between OHCHR and the
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State brief of April 9, 2013 (case file on monitoring compliance, tome I, folios 229 to 235).
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Cf. Transcript of speech by Ms. Atala Riffo in the public act of acknowledgment of December 14, 2012
(case file on monitoring compliance, tome I, folios 330 to 338).
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Photographs of the act of acknowledgment of responsibility of December 14, 2012 (case file on monitoring
compliance, tome I, folios 237 to 242), and compact disc with the recording of the public act of acknowledgement
of responsibility of the State of December 14, 2012 (case file on monitoring compliance, tome I, folio 324).
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