Cepeda Vargas and requests the State to present, in its next report, detailed and complete information in that regard. D. On the duty to organize a public act of acknowledgement of international responsibility for the facts of this case (operative paragraph eleven of the Judgment) 22. The State indicated that the public act of acknowledgement of international responsibility was carried out on August 9, 2011, and that the act was honored by the participation of the then Minister of Interior and Justice [...] at the request of the victim’s next-of-kin and their representatives. It also informed that “the public act was organized by means of an informal session of the Two Chambers of the Congress [...], to which the […] Senators of the Republic and […] Representatives of the Chamber [….] were convened. In turn, the act was honored by the presence of several persons invited by the victims’ representatives, such as non-governmental organizations, civil society and representatives of different State institutions, like the Attorney General’s Office, the Ministry of Interior and Justice, the Ministry of National Defense, the Presidential Program on Human Rights, the Solicitor General’s Office, the Ombudsman and the Judicial branch”. The State also indicated that "afterwards, Mr. Iván Cepeda Castro, in his capacity as the victim's son, [had accepted], on behalf of the family, the public apology offered by the Colombian State". Lastly, the State indicated that the representatives pointed out that the “public act was broadcasted live by the national television channel ‘Canal Institucional’ and the regional television channels, Telemedellín and Telepacífico”. 23. In its observations, the representatives and the Commission acknowledged that the public act was carried out on the date mentioned. The representatives agreed that this measure of reparation has been complied with by the Colombian State. The Commission assigned value to the public act and highlighted the public apology offered to the victims by the State's representatives as a fundamental gesture within the spirit of the reparations ordered. 24. In the Judgment, the Tribunal determined that: a) the public act of acknowledgment of international responsibility must be organized in Colombia; b) during the act reference must be made to the facts relating to the execution of Senator Manuel Cepeda Vargas, committed in the context of generalized violence against members of the UP by act and omission of public officials, and the human rights violations declared in the Judgment; c) insofar as possible, the organization and characteristics of the public ceremony must be decided with the agreement and participation of the victims, if they so wish; d) to create awareness about the consequences of the facts of the instant case, the acknowledgement act or event should be held in the Congress of the Republic of Colombia, or in a prominent public place, and e) in the presence of members of the two chambers, as well as the highestranking State authorities. 25. In its statement before the Congress of the Republic, the Minister of Interior and Justice sustained that the murder of Senator Manuel Cepeda "[w]as committed by State officials, that is, the State itself together with members of paramilitary groups." It also sustained that “said reprehensible and disgraceful action frustrated the life plan of a public man like the Senator was: a political leader and active member of the Patriotic Union and the Colombian Communist Party,” and that “[o]n behalf of the Colombian State, acting in the name of the National Government, and in [his] capacity 7