7 given that the information regarding the officers that participated in “Operation CleanUp” is of paramount importance to the investigation, it must be provided to the trial court as soon as possible. Finally, the State must assess and, if appropriate, use additional resources and implement appropriate mechanisms to diligently advance the investigation into the facts of this case. 20. In addition, the representatives expressed their concern over the summons issued to Suyapa Serrano to appear before the Trail Court hearing the case (supra Considering clause No. 13); a move possibly designed to obstruct or make the family desist from the proceedings before the Tribunal. The Court finds it an interesting coincidence that she was summoned to appear before the Trial Court on the same date and at the same time as the hearing regarding compliance with judgment scheduled in the instant case. In this connection, the Court concluded in its Judgment that “since the case was submitted to the Inter-American Court, the criminal investigation before the Chalatenango Trial Court has been aimed mainly at defending the State in the international proceedings before the Court and not at investigating the facts alleged in the criminal proceedings.”12 21. Based on the foregoing, the Court considers that it is imperative for the State to: a) provide detailed and up-to-date information regarding the progress of the investigation conducted in this case, including copies of the main documents contained in the records of the case that show the status and progress of said proceedings; b) report on the steps to be taken in the investigation; c) explain the reasons for the lack of significant progress in the investigation and provide information regarding the mechanisms or resources that could be effective in diligently advancing the investigation; d) provide information regarding the representatives’ allegations that some authorities had obstructed the proceedings and, if appropriate, indicate if the pertinent measures have been taken, and e) clarify the purpose and circumstances of the summons issued to Suyapa Serrano and explain the need to summon her on the same date and time as the hearing regarding compliance with judgment scheduled by this Court. * * * 22. As regards the creation of a national commission to search for the young people who disappeared when they were children during the armed conflict, with the participation of civil society (seventh operative paragraph of the Judgment), the State reported that although a bill had been introduced in Congress to create such commission, to date, it has not been passed by the Legislature. As a result, by means of a decree, the “Executive Branch has decided to create [a] National Commission for the Search for Disappeared Children” which meets the requirements established by the Court in its Judgment. To that end, the commission will have broad authority to “investigate all offices and agencies that comprise the executive branch and to compel cooperation from other offices and agencies that are independent of the Executive” as well as operational independence. The commission will be composed of three members appointed by the President. One of them will be appointed on the recommendation of the Asociación Pro-Búsqueda and the other two “may not be government officials and 12 Case of the Serrano-Cruz Sisters v. El Salvador. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of March 1, 2005. Series C No. 120, para. 166.

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