E) Measures of satisfaction
217.
The Commission asked that the comprehensive reparation of the human rights
violations include measures of satisfaction.
218.
The representatives asked that Colombia be ordered to publish and disseminate this
judgment. They deemed the following mechanisms to be appropriate: a) publication of the official
summary of this judgment, once, in the Official Gazette in a legible and appropriate font size;
b) publication of the same official summary, once, in a national newspaper with wide circulation,
in a legible and appropriate font size; and c) publication of the full text of the judgment for at
least one year on a government website that the public can access by clicking on a banner on
the homepage.
219.
They also asked that the State be ordered to offer a public apology to the victims’
relatives within six months of the publication of the judgment, in an act chaired by
representatives of the National Government and the agencies responsible for guaranteeing and
protecting human rights. They asked that the organization of the ceremony, and any travel or
other expenses required, be coordinated with the victims. They also asked that the State be
ordered to hold an “act of memory” highlighting the efforts of women searching for their loved
ones in Colombia.
220.
A further measure of satisfaction they requested was the awarding of grants to the
youngest members of the Movilla family who wish to enter higher education (undergraduate or
postgraduate studies) in the amount of COP 50,000,000 (approximately USD 14,312.00 when
the pleadings and motions brief was filed) for each one.
221.
In addition, they asked the Court to order the State to hand over all the information
collected on Pedro Movilla and his family, and to delete it from the official records and archives.
222.
The State was of the opinion that the ruling itself could constitute a measure of
satisfaction and a guarantee of non-repetition, and reiterated its intention to hold an act of
acknowledgment of responsibility based on the scope of responsibility presented by the State.
It was willing to plan and hold an act with Mr. Movilla’s relatives, and acknowledged Candelaria
Vergara as a woman searcher in Colombia, expressing appreciation for her tireless efforts to find
her husband. It was also prepared to engage with the alleged victims in offering educational
grants to attend institutions in Colombia to the relatives of Pedro Julio Movilla that the Court had
established as victims.
223.
Colombia also responded to the representatives’ request that all the information
gathered on Pedro Movilla and his family be handed over, arguing that “all the information
garnered from intelligence information on Pedro Julio Movilla has been passed on to the criminal
investigation,” and that any additional information required by the Prosecutor’s Office during the
criminal proceedings would be requested from the relevant entities.
E.1 Publication and dissemination of the judgment
224. The Court, as in other cases,231 hereby establishes that the State must publish, within six
months of the notification of the judgment: a) the official summary of the judgment prepared
by the Court, once, in the Official Gazette, in a legible and appropriate font size; b) the official
summary of the judgment prepared by the Court, once, in a widely distributed national
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C No. 88,
para. 79; Case of Vera Rojas et al. v. Chile, supra, para. 169; and Case of Maidanik et al. Uruguay, supra, para. 233.
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