Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
of July 1, 2009
Case of the Plan de Sánchez Massacre v. Guatemala
(Monitoring Compliance with Judgment)
Having Seen:
1.
The Judgment on Reparations and Costs (hereinafter “the Judgment on Reparations”
or “the Judgment”) delivered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter
“the Court”) on November 19, 2004.
2.
The Order of the Court on Monitoring of Compliance with Judgment of November 28,
2007, whereby, inter alia, the Court declared the following:
1.
That in conformity with Considering clauses 9 to 12 of the […] Order, the State has fully
complied with the requirement to hold a public act to acknowledge its responsibility internationally,
redress the victims, and publicly honor the memory of those executed in the Plan de Sánchez
Massacre (operative paragraphs two and three of the Judgment).
2.
That in accordance with the […] Order, the State has complied with the following operative
paragraphs of the Judgment on Reparations and Costs:
a)
to translate the text of the American Convention on Human Rights and the
Judgments on Merits, Reparations, and Costs into the Maya-Achí language, in conformity
with the stipulations of Considering clauses 13 to 17 of the […] Order (operative paragraph
four of the Judgment);
b)
to publish in the Official Gazette, in Spanish, the Proven Facts section of Chapter
V, as well as operative paragraphs one through four of the Judgment on Merits and Chapter
VII regarding the Proven Facts of the Judgment on Reparations and Costs, in conformity
with Considering clauses 18 to 22 of the […] Order (operative paragraph five of the
Judgment);
c)
to establish a health-care center in the village of Plan de Sánchez, provided with
staff, and train the staff of the Rabinal health-care center so that they may provide
psychological care, in conformity with Considering clauses 28 to 32 and 38 to 42 of the […]
Order (operative paragraphs seven and nine of the Judgment);
d)
to settle 66.66% of the compensation awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary
damage corresponding to the first and second installments payable to the majority of the
victims in the instant case, in conformity with Considering clauses 38 to 51 and 53 to 54 of
the […] Order (operative paragraphs ten, eleven, thirteen and fourteen of the Judgment),
and
e)
to settle 66.66% of the sum awarded in the Judgment corresponding to the first
and second installments of costs and expenses payable to the representatives, in
conformity with Considering clauses 43, 44, 45, 46 and 52 of the […] Order (operative
paragraph twelve of the Judgment).
3.
The Order of the Court on Monitoring Compliance with Judgment of August 5, 2008,
whereby, inter alia, the Court declared the following: