87 d) Education measures 303. Considering that the Rochela Massacre was perpetrated, in violation of imperative rules of International Law, by paramilitaries with the participation of government agents, the State must adopt measures designed to educate and train members of security forces on the principles and rules governing the protection of human rights and international humanitarian laws, including limitations that constrain them. To that end, the State shall effectively implement, within a reasonable time, permanent training programs on human rights for the Colombian armed forces. The program shall place particular stress on this Judgment. D) COSTS AND EXPENSES 304. As noted by the Court in past decisions, costs and expenses are included in the concept of reparation as enshrined in Article 63(1) of the American Convention.274 305. The Court takes into account that the victims and their representatives incurred expenses in the course of the domestic and international proceedings involved in this case. The representatives have requested the Court to take into account “the monetary losses suffered [by the victims' relatives] in their [...] search for justice, truth and reparation". The Court notes that, even though no receipts have been produced, it must be presumed that the relatives of the victims incurred various expenses during the domestic contentious administrative and criminal proceedings, which have lasted for over 17 years, as well as in all the other steps taken to report the events and seek justice in connection with the events of the Rochela Massacre. In view of the foregoing, the Court sets in equity the amount of US$ 2,000.00 (two thousand United States Dollars or its equivalent in Colombian currency) for each deceased victim's family and for surviving victim Arturo Salgado Garzón. The family units of the deceased victims should designate a person to collect the abovementioned amounts on their behalf. The State shall make the payments within one year. 306. As for the international proceedings, the “José Alvear Restrepo” Legal Cooperative represented the victims and their next of kin from 1997 in the proceedings before the InterAmerican Commission and the Inter-American Court. The Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) has acted as the representative in the proceedings before the Court in this case. Due to the circumstances and number of victims in the present case, the Court considers that the reimbursement of costs cannot be granted directly to the victims. Rather, as established by this Tribunal, the State must reimburse, in equity, the costs and expenses in the amount of US$ 20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States Dollars or its equivalent in Colombian currency) to the “José Alvear Restrepo” Legal Cooperative and US$ 5,000.00 (five thousand United States Dollars or its equivalent in Colombian currency) to CEJIL. The State shall make the payments within one year. E) MANNER OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PAYMENT AMOUNTS ORDERED AND SOLUTION OF POSSIBLE DISPUTES RELATED TO THE PARTIAL AGREEMENT ON REPARATIONS 274 Cf. Case of Goiburú et al., supra note 11, para. 180; Case of Montero Aranguren et al. (Detention Center of Catia), supra note 238, para. 152; and Case of Ximenes Lopes, supra note 24, para. 252.

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