5 also in connection with procedural rules, such as the ones concerning compliance with the decisions of the Court. Such obligations are to be interpreted and enforced in a manner such that the protected guarantee is truly practical and effective, considering the special nature of human rights treaties.4 * * * 8. That with regard to the publication of the Judgment delivered by the Court on September 8, 2005, in consideration of the statements made by the State and the Commission, as well as the statements of the representatives whereby they requested that “the[ir] notice of willingness made in September, 2005 be deemed ineffective in full” (supra forth, fifth and sixth Having Seen paragraphs), this Court reminds that the State should proceed with the ordered publication at least once in the official gazette and in another newspaper with national circulation in the Dominican Republic, as required under the sixth operative paragraph of said Judgment (supra first Having Seen paragraph). Therefore, the statements made in the communication dated October 7, 2005 are deemed ineffective. (supra third Having Seen paragraph). 9. That with regard to the seventh operative paragraph of the Judgment delivered by the Court on September 8, 2005, which refers to the obligation of the State to organize a public act acknowledging its international responsibility and apologizing to the victims, in light of the considerations made by the State (supra fourth Having Seen paragraph) and the comments made by the representatives and the Commission (supra fifth and sixth Having Seen paragraphs), this Court considers that the State should organize a public act to acknowledge its international responsibility and apologize to the victims under the provisions of the abovementioned Judgment of the Court (supra first Having Seen paragraph). 10. That the State informed it had complied with the payments ordered under the Judgment of September 8, 2005 in regards to non-pecuniary damage, as well as costs and expenses (supra fourth Having Seen paragraph). To this regard, the representatives pointed out that they had verified the information submitted by the State on the payments ordered as compensation (supra fifth Having Seen paragraph), and the Commission beheld with satisfaction that the orders of the Court had been complied with (supra sixth Having Seen paragraph). Consequently, the Court deems fulfilled the ninth and tenth operative paragraphs of the Judgment. 11. That the Court considers it imperative that the State furnishes additional updated information on the following obligations in order to determine if they have been effectively and fully complied with: a) Publication, at least once, in the official gazette and in another newspaper with national circulation in the Dominican Republic both the section entitled “Proven Facts”, without the corresponding footnotes, and of the operative paragraphs of the […] Judgment (sixth operative paragraph of the Judgment delivered on September 8, 2005); 4 Cf. Case of Ivcher-Bronstein v. Peru. Competence. Judgment of September 24, 1999. Series C No. 54, para. 37; Case of Gómez-Palomino, supra note 1, third Considering paragraph, and Case of García-Asto and Ramírez-Rojas, supra note 1, seventh Considering paragraph.