than fifteen years; therefore the Court endorses this measure of reparation under the terms
agreed by the parties.
E.1.b) Award of “educational scholarships”
81. In the section entitled “Reparation for non-pecuniary damage and measures of satisfaction”
of the friendly settlement agreement, the State “pledge[d] to guarantee the education of the
victims until the completion of their university or technical studies, according to their interests.”
To this end, “the Interior Ministry [will pay for educational scholarships], through the Trust for
the Fulfillment of Human Rights Obligations, based on the Trust’s Rules of Operation.” The
friendly settlement agreement also stated that “[the] victims agree to start or resume their
studies within three years of the notification of [this] judgment.”
82.
Furthermore, as part of the “reparations awarded in good faith” to the victims’ families
(supra para. 68), Mexico agreed to guarantee [through the provision of an academic scholarship]
the education of [… the daughter of Mr. Santiago Sánchez Silvestre], until she completes her
university or technical studies, according to her expressed interests.” This scholarship “will be
awarded in full each year, provided that she submits certification for the school year immediately
preceding the one for which she is seeking the scholarship.” Moreover, the State added that
“[the] calculation of the scholarship awarded will be determined by the Rules of Operation of the
Trust for the Fulfillment of Human Rights Obligations,” and that “compliance with this measure
will be supervised by the Unit for the Defense of Human Rights of the Interior Ministry.”
83. The Court appreciates Mexico’s commitment to ensure that the victims receive training for a
profession or trade, to which the victims did not have access because they were deprived of
liberty, and ratifies those measures under the terms agreed by the parties.
E.1.c) Public act of acknowledgment of international responsibility
84. The section entitled “Reparation for non-pecuniary damage and measures of satisfaction” of
the friendly settlement agreement stipulates that “with the prior and informed consent of the
victims and their representatives, [the State] will organize a public act of apology and
acknowledgement of responsibility, to be carried out by national government authorities of a
rank not lower than Under-Secretary of State, in which “representatives of the Federal Judicial
Authority, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Foreign Relations will participate.”
Furthermore, the parties agreed that the act “should be held within six months of notification of
[this] judgment.”
85.
The Court appreciates the State’s willingness to organize a public act of apology and
acknowledgement of its international responsibility, and therefore endorses this measure under
the terms agreed by the parties. Moreover, as it has in other cases, 95 the Court considers that
during this act reference should be made to the facts and human rights violations declared in this
Judgment.
E.1.d) Publication of this Judgment
86.
In the section entitled “guarantees of non-repetition” of the friendly settlement
agreement, the State “agree [d] to publish, once only, in the Official Gazette of the Federation
and in another newspaper with wide national circulation, the official summary of the Judgment
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Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and Costs, supra note 88, para. 81; Case of Nadege
Dorzema et al. v. Dominican Republic, supra note 90, para. 265 and Case of Luna López v. Honduras, supra note 84,
para. 227.
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