another hall of the Military Museum is named after Armando Azmilia Melara, even though these individuals haves been identified as two of the officers who were in charge of the operation in which the massacres occurred. Also, on October 23 each year, the Armed Forces and the Mayor’s Office organize a ceremony to honor Domingo Monterrosa, commemorating his death, in the Municipality of Jocoateca, department of Morazán. 374. The State affirmed that, during the act of acknowledgement and apology held on January 16, 2012, the President of the Republic “made a very clear appeal not only to the Armed Forces of El Salvador, […] but also to different sectors that do not depend on the Salvadoran Executive, to abstain from honoring individuals linked to human rights violations during the armed conflict”; nevertheless, El Salvador expressed its willingness to abide by that the Court decides. 375. The Court has taken note of the feelings of sorrow and injustice that the said tributes cause to the surviving victims and the next of kin of the victims executed in the massacres528 and, thus, it assesses positively the fact that the State is adopting specific measures in this regard. However, the Court does not consider it appropriate to order the measure requested by the representatives, because the delivery of this Judgment and the reparations ordered are sufficient and adequate to repair the violations suffered by the victims of the present case. 376. The representatives asked the Court to order the State to designate December 11, 1981, - the date of which the massacre of El Mozote began – as the “National Day of the victims of massacres committed during the Salvadoran armed conflict,” and that the State carry out activities to remember and recover the memory of the victims of the massacres. The State agreed “to promote the designation of a national day, in honor of the victims of massacres and other grave human rights violations that occurred during the internal armed conflict.” However, it indicated that this designation would have “a direct implication for many other victims of lamentable facts that occurred in different parts of the country at the time”; it therefore suggested adopting a dialogue mechanism in which the victims of other cases could participate, “so that the exact name and selection of the date can be established based on an ample consensus and the majority of the victims consider themselves represented.” 377. In this regard, the Court does not consider it appropriate to order this measure requested by the representatives, because the delivery of this Judgment and the reparations ordered are sufficient and adequate to repair the violations suffered by the victims of this case. 378. In its final observations, the Commission asked the Court to order the State to arrange 528 Cf. Sworn statement made by María del Rosario López Sánchez before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on June 19, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 5524); Sworn statement made by Pedro Chicas Romero before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on July 25, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 5530 to 5531); Sworn statement made by Santos Jacobo Chicas Guevara before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on June 20, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 5540); Sworn statement made by César Martínez Hernández before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on June 22, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 5548); Sworn statement made by Alejandro Hernández Argueta before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on August 3, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 5574 to 5575); Statement made by María Dorila Márquez de Márquez before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on April 23, 2012; Sworn statement made by José Eliseo Claros Romero before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on July 21, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 5534); Sworn statement made by José Gervacio Díaz before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on June 28, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 5545); Sworn statement made by José Cruz Vigil del Cid before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on June 19, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folio 5559); Sworn statement made by María Regina Márquez Argueta before the Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado on August 2, 2011 (evidence file, tome VIII, annex 3 to the pleadings and motions brief, folios 5586 to 5588); Affidavit provided by Sofía Romero Pereira on April 1, 2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folio 10282); Affidavit provided by Eduardo Concepción Argueta Márquez on April 1, 2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folio 10293); Affidavit provided by José Pablo Díaz Portillo on April 1, 2012 (evidence file, tome XVII, affidavits, folio 10299); Expert opinion provided by María Sol Yáñez De La Cruz before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on April 23, 2012, and Expert opinion on psychosocial impacts and recommendations for reparations in the case of “The Massacres of El Mozote and nearby places” provided by María Sol Yáñez De La Cruz, undated (evidence file, tome XVIII, annex 2 to the final written arguments of the representatives, folios 10542 to 10544 and 10552). 116

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