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Convention on The Forced Disappearance of Persons to the detriment of the persons specified in each
one of the sections of the present report.
VII.
RECOMMENDATIONS
311.
By virtue of the conclusions above,
THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
RECOMMENDS THAT THE STATE OF COLOMBIA
1.
Provide integral reparation, both in material and moral terms, for the violations of the
human rights declared in the present report. In this regard, the IACHR recommends to take into account
the “Principal Guidelines for a Comprehensive Reparations Policy”.406
2.
Establish a mechanism that would make it possible, to the greatest extent possible, to
completely identify the two persons whose identification has been established partially, so that their
next of kin can receive the reparations provided for in the preceding paragraph.
3.
Undertake to find out, by all means possible, the fate or whereabouts of the
disappeared victims or their mortal remains.
4.
To continue to conduct an impartial and effective investigation within a reasonable
period of time to fully clarify the facts, identify the intellectual and material authors of the crime, and
administer the relevant punishments, bearing in mind the ties and patterns of joint action identified in
the present report.
5.
Issue the relevant administrative, disciplinary or criminal measures to address the deeds
or omissions of state civil servants who contributed to denying justice and fostering the impunity in
which the incidents of the case now lie or who participated in the measures taken to hamper the
proceedings filed to identify and punish those responsible.
6.
To establish, with the participation of the community of Vereda La Esperanza, a
measure for community reparation that acknowledges the impact that the sequence of violent events
had on the civilian population in the present case.
7.
To adopt the measures needed to prevent patterns of violence against the civilian
population from being repeated, in line with the duty to protect and guarantee the basic rights
enshrined in the American Convention. In particular, to implement human rights and international
humanitarian law programs in the training academies of the Armed Forces.
Signed in the original
Emilio Álvarez Icaza L.
Secretario Ejecutivo
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IACHR, Principal Guidelines for a Comprehensive Reparations Policy, OEA/Ser/L/V/II.131 Doc. 1, 19 February 2008.
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in:
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