Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
of November 26, 2007
Case of Myrna Mack-Chang v. Guatemala
(Monitoring Compliance with Judgment)
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Judgment on merits, reparations and costs (hereinafter “the Judgment”)
delivered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court”, “the Court” or “the Tribunal”) on November 25, 2003.
2.
The Order of the Court of September 12, 2005 which set forth, in its relevant
parts, that:
[…]
3.
[…] it will keep open the proceeding to monitor compliance with the issues still
pending [ … ], namely:
a)
the duty to investigate the facts of the instant case, with the aim to
identify, prosecute, and punish all of the authors and instigators, and all others
responsible for the extrajudicial execution of Myrna Mack-Chang and the coverup of the extrajudicial execution and other acts in the instant case, regardless of
the person who has already been punished for those acts. The results of the
investigations must be made known to the public;
b)
the obligation to remove all material and legal mechanisms and
obstacles that prevent those responsible for the acts in the instant case from
being punished; to adequately provide adequate security for the judicial
authorities, prosecutors, witnesses, legal operators, and next of kin of Myrna
Mack-Chang, and to employ all other means available to the State so as to
expedite the proceedings;
c)
the duty to include, in the training courses for members of the armed
forces and the police, as well as the security agencies, education in human rights
and International Humanitarian Law;
d)
the duty to establish a scholarship named after Myrna Mack-Chang; and
e)
the obligation to place a plaque in her memory where she died, or
nearby, mentioning the activities she carried out.
And [decided]:
1.
To require the State to adopt all such measures as are necessary to
bring into effect and to promptly satisfy the issues pending compliance that were
ordered by the Court in the Judgment on merits, reparations and costs of
November 25, 2003 and in the [ … ] Order, pursuant to Article 68(1) of the
American Convention on Human Rights.
2.
To require the State to submit to the Inter-American Court no later than
30 January 2006, a detailed report that describes the measures adopted to
comply with the reparations ordered by this Court and still pending compliance,
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