Mercedes Vera Valdez and her representative “by her signature.”4 The State also provided
the minutes of the meeting held with the victim and her representative on June 29, 2012, in
which it was stipulated that, in its future investigations, the Ministry of the Interior must
clarify various aspects that they had indicated.5
9.
The Court observes that, in the second operative paragraph of the Judgment, the
State was ordered “to adopt, within a reasonable time, the necessary measures for the
mother of Pedro Miguel Vera Vera to know what happened to her son […].” As is clear from
the Judgment, the case concerns the shooting of Mr. Vera Vera, the medical negligence he
suffered after he was shot, and his subsequent death while in State custody, all of which
was not formally investigated by the State, as recorded in the Judgment. Thus, “the
necessary measures that the State must adopt for the mother of Pedro Miguel Vera Vera to
know what happened to her son,” should encompass these three situations. In this regard,
the information presented by the State refers mainly to the investigation into the medical
attention provided to Mr. Vera Vera after he was shot. Regarding the other two points, as
indicated by the State, instructions were only given for State officials to draft “a more
complete report and [to take] into account the specific facts referred to by” the
representative, which are basically those relating to the shooting of Mr. Vera Vera and his
death while in State custody. In this regard, the Court awaits a “more complete” report
from the State.
10.
Based on the above, the Court considers that the second operative paragraph of the
Judgment remains pending compliance.
B.
Obligation to disseminate the Judgment among the police and prison
authorities and the medical personnel in charge of those deprived of liberty (third
operative paragraph of the Judgment)
B.1.
Information from the State
11.
It indicated that the Ministry of Justice had “prepared 1,000 informative leaflets”
containing, inter alia, the facts of the case, the human rights violations declared in the
Judgment, and the standards of human rights protection that must be observed by police
and prison authorities, and medical personnel in charge of persons deprived of liberty. Thus,
regarding the dissemination of the Judgment among police personnel, the State reported
that on June 26, 2012, “[496] leaflets were distributed […] and a brief presentation was
made on the requirement that similar facts should not be repeated.” This event counted
with the participation of the “Head of the Human Rights Department of the National
Education Directorate of the National Police[,as well as …] members of the police, who were
instructors on human rights who had been trained under the Ongoing Comprehensive
Training Program (PCIC).” This program was created “towards the end of 2009, and is an
institutionalized program aimed at providing theoretical and practical training [… on] human
rights issues, use of force, and topics related to police work […].” In 2011, 14,296 police
agents were trained at the national level. The State provided the Court with a copy of the
said information leaflets.
4
“Information on the reconstruction of the truth of the facts as a complementary measure of satisfaction in
the case of Vera Vera et al v. Ecuador” of the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Worship (monitoring file, tome
I, folio 348).
5
Cf. “Record of the meeting held between the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Worship (MJDHC) and
the beneficiaries in the case of Vera Vera et al v. Ecuador” (monitoring file, tome I, folios 351 and 352).
4