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situations, the State mentioned that since December 2007, the System of Unified Data is in
operation, through the beginning of the System of Inter-Institutional Digital File
(hereinafter, "SEDI"). The State pointed out that among the institutions involved in the
project, it can be mentioned the Secretary of Security, the Office of the Public Prosecutor
and the Judiciary in the offices of the Special Unit of Investigation of Death of Minors and
other institutions that are already working with such program. Furthermore, it stated that
the SEDI aims at gaining all the cases involving violent deaths of children and youngsters in
situation of risk, according to the age and gender and obtaining the precise statistical data
on death of minors in Honduras (supra Having Seen clause 3).
31.
That the representatives highlighted that the database represents a step towards the
modernization of the registry of judicial cases in Honduras, since any kind of claim filed
before a judicial authority can be register in there. Nevertheless, from the information
furnished by the State, they pointed out that: a) it is not clear which filters will be used to
distinguish those cases of investigation of death of minors from other cases, and the role of
the Special Unit of Investigation of Death of Minors and its active participation in the
implementation of the SEDI has not been defined; b) the database does not allow citizens
from having access to registered information, since it is only available for those institutions
that try the claims once the case “has been taken to court”; c) at the moment, SEDI would
be operating only in the city of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba and the State, in
its report, has omitted to point out which measures it has adopted in order to implement
the system in all Honduran territory, and d) the SEDI is not an instrument created by the
passing of a law of the Republic, which would establish its permanent, continuous and
independent functioning (supra Having Seen clause 4).
32.
That the Commission valued the measures adopted by the State and urges it to
inform on their effectiveness (supra Having Seen clause 5).
33.
That based on the statements made by the parties and the documentation received
by this Court, this Tribunal deems that the State has satisfactorily implemented the socalled System of Inter-Institutional Digital File, as to the systematization of cases related to
the investigation, identification and punishment of the responsible for the violent deaths of
children and youngsters in risky situations in accordance with the terms established in
operative paragraph fourteen. As a consequence, the Court considers that the State has
complied with the operative paragraph fourteen of the Judgment (supra Having Seen clause
1).
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34.
That this Tribunal positively values the full compliance with the operative paragraphs
nine, ten, eleven, twelve and thirteen of the Judgment on the merits, reparations and legal
costs delivered by this Court on September 21, 2006, which constitutes a progress on the
part of the State in the enforcement and implementation of the Court's decisions.
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35.
That the Court deems vital that the State submit updated information on the
following aspects pending compliance: