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Eulwa” are under review for approval by the Funding Committee of the
National Fellowships and Credit Trust and the Myrna Mack Foundation.
6.
The observations of the Inter-American Commission included in its brief of
November 10, 2006, in which it stated, inter alia, that:
a)
with regard to the obligation to investigate the facts and identify,
prosecute and eventually punish those responsible for the murder of Myrna
Mack, the State report failed to provide specific information on the steps
being taken to establish the whereabouts of Mr. Juan Valencia Osorio and
make him serve his sentence;
b)
it is essential that the State submit to the Court comprehensive
information on the actions taken to ensure that all the causes of impunity,
which were verified by the Commission and the Court in the prosecution of
the case, are definitively eradicated;
c)
it is necessary that the State provide up-to-date information on the
security measures established to protect those responsible for advancing the
case at the domestic level;
d)
with regard to the establishment of the scholarship, it is important that
the obligations be fulfilled within the timeframe ordered by the Court;
e)
the Commission values the State’s efforts to comply with its obligation
to place a memorial plaque honoring the work of Myrna Mack-Chang; and
f)
the Commission appreciates the State's complying with its obligation
to give human rights training courses.
7.
The Secretariat’s note of August 9, 2007, under which, following the
President’s instructions, the State was requested to submit the compliance report
required by the Court with regard to the third operative paragraph of the Order of
September 12, 2005 (supra Having Seen clause No. 2).
8.
The State’s report of August 29, 2007, stating, inter alia, that:
a)
With regard to the steps taken towards apprehending Mr. Juan
Valencia Osorio, the State has called a meeting of the “Expediting Committee,
composed of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Ministry of Government, the
Office of the Attorney General and the Attorney for Human Rights, and it has
requested information from them. Specifically, the Ministry of Government
and the Office of the Attorney General were required to report on the
progress of the investigations into the whereabouts of Juan Valencia-Osorio
[...]", and has stated that once such information is received, it will be
forwarded to the Court;
b)
As regards the steps taken towards creating a scholarship named after
Myrna Mack-Chang, the Planning and Programming Department (SEGEPLAN)
stated that, through the National Scholarship and Student Loan Trust, it
committed itself to fulfill the deadlines set for opening the scholarship in
September 2007. Moreover, it stated that it will inform the Court of the date
set by the SEGEPLAN to make the scholarship official; and
c)
With regard to human rights courses for members of the Army, it
forwarded information on the syllabuses of the courses given to the
Guatemalan Army and the National Police Academy.
9.
The representatives’ submission of comments of September 25, 2007, in
which they stated, inter alia, that:
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