www.minjusticia.gob.cl
www.minjusticia.gob.cl/images/stories/bannersenlaces/oficioinstructor/atala%20sent
encia%20integra.pdf”
20.
As for the one-time official publication of the summary by the Court in the Official
Gazette, the State reported that “[t]he fulfillment of this obligation was carried out in the
publication of the official summary of the Judgment on May 7, 2012, in the Official Gazette
of the Republic of Chile.” In regard to the publication of the official summary prepared by
the Court, once only, in a national newspaper, the State indicated that “it was published in
one of the newspapers of broad national circulation (El Mercurio) on September 10, 2012,
on a full page.”
21.
In this regard, both the representatives as well as the Commission noted their
conformity in relation to this point and confirmed the State’s compliance.
Considerations of the Court
22.
In the Judgment, the Court noted that the State must publish: i) the official
summary of the Judgment written by the Court, once only, in the Official Gazette; the
official summary of the Judgment written by the Court, once only, in a newspaper of broad
national circulation, and iii) on a government website for a period of one year.
23.
In accordance with that which was noted by the parties and the Commission, the
Court finds that the State has published the Judgments ordered by the Court. 9 Therefore,
the Court declares that the obligation established in operative paragraph three of the
Judgment has been fulfilled by the State.
C.
Obligation to carry out a public act of acknowledgment of international
responsibility with regard to the facts of this case, under the terms of paragraphs
263 and 264 of the Judgment (operative paragraph four)
24.
The State reported that on December 14, 2012, a public act of acknowledgment of
international responsibility was carried out at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santiago,
Chile. The State commented that “[t]he event had a wide coverage in print media as well as
radio, television, and internet.” It added that “[t]he ceremony was chaired by the Minister of
Justice and attended by high-ranking officials such as Ministers of State, the President of the
Supreme Court and Ministers of that Honorable Court, Ministers of the Court of Appeals of
Santiago and the Constitutional Court, representatives of the diplomatic corps of the
countries of the Organization of American States, representatives of LGBTI organizations,
and personal guests of [Ms.] Atala.”
25.
At said event, the State expressed that “[r]eiterating the will of the State of Chile
regarding the protection of human rights, the promotion of a culture of respect and nondiscrimination as an essential pillar of a modern and inclusive democracy, the Minister of
Justice referred to the bill introduced in March 2012, which seeks to create a Human Rights
Subsecretariat. This Subsecretariat [would] be the body responsible for proposing and
coordinating public policies in the field of human rights.”
9
Copy of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile of May 7, 2012 (case file on monitoring compliance
with judgment, tome I, folios 295 to 298) and Copy of body C of the newspaper El Mercurio dated September 10,
2012, (case file on monitoring compliance, tome I, folios 300 and 301).
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