to their places of residence.327 The victims have a period of six months from the notification
of this Judgment to request the State to provide this treatment.
C. 2.
Satisfaction
C.2.1. Acknowledgment
apology
of
international
responsibility
and
public
225. The representatives asked the Court to order the State to “[c]onduct a public act of
acknowledgement of international responsibility, of apology and to offer a commitment of
non-repetition […and] as part [of this act], the Honduran State should offer a public apology
to the family of Carlos Luna López, accepting its responsibility for the violations committed
against the victims.”
226. For their part, neither the Commission nor the State referred to this type of
reparation measure.
227. Bearing in mind the significance of the facts that resulted in the State’s international
responsibility, the Court deems it necessary that the State conduct a public act
acknowledging its international responsibility, making reference to the responsibility
declared in the terms this Judgment and reaffirming the importance of preventing and
protecting defenders of human rights, including defenders of the environment, from
situations of risk, such as that which affected Mr. Luna López. Similarly, given the specific
characteristics of this case, and in the interest of creating awareness of the consequences of
such situations, state officials must be present at the public act of acknowledgment. The
implementation and other aspects of this act must be agreed with the victims and their
representatives within the six months of notification of this Judgment.328
C.2.2. Publication and dissemination of the Judgment
228. The representatives asked the Court to “order the State to publish, within a period of
six months, the sections of the Judgment regarding the context and the proven facts, as
well as the operative part of the Judgment in the Official Gazette of Honduras, in a daily
newspaper with national circulation and in at least two daily newspapers with circulation in
Olancho Province. This publication shall also appear on the websites of the Supreme Court
of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Honduras and the Public Prosecutor’s Office and
remain there until the State has fully complied with the Judgment.”
229. For their part, neither the Commission nor the State referred to this type of
reparation measure.
230. As it has done in other cases,329 the Court considers it pertinent to order the State to
publish, within a period of six months from notification of this Judgment: a) an official
summary of this Judgment prepared by the Court, once, in the official gazette; b) an official
summary of this Judgment prepared by the Court, once, in a newspaper with wide national
circulation, and c) the Judgment in its entirety, available for a period of one year, on an
appropriate official Honduran website.
327
Cf. Case of the Massacre of Dos Erres v. Guatemala. Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations and Costs.
Judgment of November 24, 2009. Series C, No. 211, para. 270 and Case of Mendoza et al., supra, para. 312.
328
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C,
No. 88, supra, para. 81 and Case of the Massacre of Santo Domingo, supra, paras. 301 and 302.
329
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides, supra, para. 79 and Case of Suárez Peralta, supra, para. 189.
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