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provided by competent professionals who are trustworthy for the victims, including
the provision of medications as well as costs of transportation and interpreters, as
required.
250. During the public hearing, the State indicated that it would consider “the
provision of specialized health services for the victim and [her] children.”
Nevertheless, in its final written arguments, the State did not offer more specificity
in this regard.
251. The Court finds, as it has in other cases,254 that a measure of reparation
must be ordered that provides appropriate care for the physical and psychological
effects suffered by the victims, which attend to their gender and ethnicity.
Consequently, having verified the violations and the harm suffered by the victims in
the present case, the Court decides that the State is obliged to provide them, free
of charge and immediately, with the medical and psychological care they require.
Prior, clear, and sufficient information should be offered to the victims so as to
obtain their consent. The treatments should be provided for the time that is
necessary, and should include the provision of medication, and where applicable,
transportation, interpreters, and other costs that are directly related and strictly
necessary.
252. In particular, the psychological or psychiatric treatment must be provided by
State personnel and institutions specialized in attending to victims of acts of
violence such as those that occurred in this case. If the State does not have this
type of service available, it must have recourse to specialized private or civil society
institutions. When providing this treatment, the specific circumstances and needs of
each victim must be considered, so that they are offered individual and family
treatment, as agreed upon by each of them, and following an individual
evaluation.255 Lastly, this treatment must be provided, insofar as possible, in the
institutions nearest to their place of residence. In the same way, those who
requested this measure of reparation, or their legal representatives, have six
months as of the notification of this Judgment to inform the State of their specific
requests for psychological or psychiatric treatment. The Court highlights the need
for the State and the representatives to offer their best collaborative efforts and to
provide the victims with all the information necessary for said victims to receive the
psychological treatment in order to advance the implementation of this measure in
an agreed upon manner.
vi) Protocol for the diligent investigation of acts of violence
253. The Commission asked the Court to order the State to design protocols to
facilitate and promote the effective, standardized, and transparent investigation of
acts of physical, sexual, and psychological violence. They should include a
description of the complex nature of the evidence, and details of the minimum
evidence that must be collected in order to provide adequate probative grounds,
according to the provisions of the Istanbul Protocol.
254. The State reported on the adoption of distinct protocols related to the
investigation of violence against women in the state of Guerrero such as the
protocols of care to women in situations of violence and of the investigation of
crimes of homicide with a focus on feminicides. Moreover, it reported on the
254
Cf. Case of Barrios Altos, supra note 250, para. 45; Case Chitay Nech et al., supra note 18,
para. 255, and Case of Manuel Cepeda Vargas, supra note 18, para. 235.
255
Cf. 19 Tradesmen v. Colombia. Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of July 5, 2004.
Series C No. 109, para. 278; Case of Chitay Nech et al., supra note 18, para. 256, and Case of Manuel
Cepeda Vargas, supra note 18, para. 235.
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