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acknowledged the State's international responsibility and apologized to the victims' next- ofkin for the human rights violations committed against Marco Antonio Servellón García, Rony
Alexis Betancourth Vásquez, Diómedes Obed García Sánchez and Orlando Álvarez Ríos. This
Court positively values such acts. Furthermore, in view of the statements made by the
representatives and the Commission, this Tribunal deems the operative paragraph ten of
the Judgment to be fulfilled (supra Having Seen clause 1).
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18.
That in relation to the operative paragraph eleven, regarding the duty of the State to
place a plaque with the names of the victims on the street or plaza named after them, the
State mentioned that the plaque was already placed and shown on November 12, 2007. The
State added that the victims' next-of-kin, representatives of Casa Alianza, the National
Human Rights Commissioner, members of the Inter-Institutional Work Team on human
rights and authorities of the Municipal Corporation of the capital city attended such act
(supra Having Seen clause 3).
19.
That the representatives stated that the plaque with the names of the victims was
shown on November 12, 2007. However, the Mayor of Tegucigalpa told Casa Alianza that
the plaque revealed was no permanent, since it is very small, and therefore such plaque
would be replaced. Up to the moment, the provisional plaque is still in there; for this
reason, they requested the Court to urge the State to place the permanent plaque with the
names of the victims as soon as possible (supra Having Seen clause 4).
20.
That in the observations, the Commission valued the progress made by the State to
comply with that obligation and is looking forward to receiving information on the measures
adopted in order to conclude complying with such obligation (supra Having Seen clause 5).
21.
That, based on the foregoing, the Court considers that the State has complied with
the placement of the plaque in accordance with the decision of operative paragraph eleven
of the Judgment. Nevertheless, in view of the statement made by the representatives, the
State could replace the plaque for another one, if appropriate, taking into account the
provisions established in said operative paragraph (supra Having Seen clause 1).
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22.
That in relation to the operative paragraph twelve, regarding the State’s duty to
establish a program for the formation and training of police and judicial personnel as well as
personnel of the Public Prosecutors’ Office and of the penitentiary regarding the special
protection that must be offered by the State to children and youngsters, the principle of
equality and non-discrimination, and the principles and norms for the protection of human
rights, related to the application of international standards for the arrest of people, respect
for their rights and judicial guarantees, the treatment that they must receive, their
detention conditions, treatment, and medical control, the right to have an attorney, to
receive visits, and that minors and adults, as well as those being processed and those
already convicted, the State pointed out that it established a permanent training workshop
on human rights and access to justice, sponsored by the Inter-Institutional Commission on
Criminal Justice together with the Support Program of the Inter-Institutional Commission on
Criminal Justice and financed by the Judiciary, in order to comply with the Judgment in the