27 to have “currently been subject to intimidation and persecution by strangers.” The Commission argued that the information presented by the State was insufficient and it was still “waiting for further information” in order to “issue a more informed opinion regarding Mrs. Harbury’s situation.” 57. The Court observes that, in the present case, not only is it necessary to annul the 1999 dismissal (supra Considering Clause 9(a)) but it is also necessary to protect prosecutors and any other public authority that promoted the investigation of the present case from any threat, harassment, or intimidation. Among possible intimidations are those complaints that can be considered to have been made in bad faith as they seek to persecute authorities for trying to comply with the orders of the Judgments and Orders issued by the Inter-American Court in the present case. On the other hand, the protection against intimidations implies ensuring the continuity of the tasks that promote investigations, so that those officials committed to this task are not easily removed or transferred. This consideration is inherent to the Court’s orders in the sense of removing all obstacles, both legal and de facto, that may generate impunity in the present case. In that sense, the Court also positively values the decision made at that time by the Supreme Court of Justice to transfer the case from the Court in Retalhuleu to a Court in Guatemala City, taking into account that the procedural subjects are in a specific situation of risk. The Tribunal is awaiting more information on the implementation of the transfer of the case. 58. II. Analysis of the information on operative paragraph four of the Judgment on reparations With regard to the duty to adopt the measures to adjust the legal system to international human rights regulations and humanitarian law and to provide the full effectiveness of said regulations within the domestic realm (operative paragraph four of the Judgment on reparations), the State presented diverse information regarding the “Initiative of the National Commission for the Search of People who are Victims of Forced Disappearance and Other Forms of Disappearance,” the possibility of “accessing confidential dossiers in the hands of the 59.

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