Nineth Varenca Montenegro Cottom and María Emilia García, in the terms of paragraphs 179
to 186 of this Judgment.
7.
It is not in order to rule on the alleged violations of Articles 13 and 23 of the
American Convention on Human Rights, in the terms of paragraphs 122, 157 and 187 of this
Judgment.
8.
It is not in order to rule on the alleged violations of Articles 17 and 19 of the
American Convention on Human Rights, in the terms of paragraph 170 of this Judgment.
AND ESTABLISHES,
unanimously, that:
1.
This Judgment constitutes per se a form of reparation.
2.
The State must continue and conclude, within a reasonable time, the necessary
investigations and proceedings to establish the truth of the facts, as well as to determine
and, as appropriate, punish those responsible for the forced disappearance of Edgar
Fernando Garcia, as established in paragraphs 194 to 197 of this Judgment.
3.
The State must conduct a genuine search forthwith, during which it makes every
effort to determine the whereabouts of Edgar Fernando García as soon as possible, as
established in paragraphs 199 and 200 of this Judgment.
4.
The State must make the publications indicated in paragraphs 201 to 203 of this
Judgment, within two months of its notification.
5.
The State must organize a public act during which it acknowledges its international
responsibility for the facts of this case, as established in paragraphs 205 and 206 of this
Judgment.
6.
The State must facilitate the initiative known as the ‘Concord Memorial,’ under
which it must promote the construction of commemorative and cultural spaces to dignify the
memory of the victims of human rights violations during the internal armed conflict, in the
terms of paragraphs 208 and 209 of this Judgment.
7.
The State must include the name of Edgar Fernando García on the plaque that is
placed in the park or plaza to be constructed in compliance with the measure ordered in the
seventh operative paragraph of the judgment in the case of Gudiel Alvarez et al ("Diario
Militar") v. Guatemala, in the terms of paragraph 210 of this Judgment.
8.
The State must facilitate the change of the name of the “Julia Ydigoras Fuentes”
public school to that of Edgar Fernando García, as stipulated in the reparations agreement
and established in paragraph 215 of this Judgment.
9.
The State must deliver ten “study grants” to be granted by the members of Edgar
Fernando García’s family to children or grandchildren of persons forcibly disappeared, in the
terms of paragraphs 217 and 218 of this Judgment.
10.
The State must promote the approval of the bill for the creation of the National
Commission for the Search for Victims of Forced Disappearance and other Forms of
Disappearance, in the terms of paragraphs 220 and 221 of this Judgment.
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