care services and the insufficient training of the “prison guards” (supra considering
paragraphs 10 to 13).
19.
Based on the foregoing, the Court notes that the information on progress submitted
by the State is insufficient to determine full compliance with the Judgment, and therefore
decides that the State must present the Court with updated information on the following
aspects that remain pending:
a)
The status of the investigation of the facts of the case and the actions that
will be taken within the investigation to apply the measures derived from it to those
responsible for the said facts (seventh operative paragraph of the Judgment), and
b)
The actions and goals as regards improving prison conditions and the
provision of human rights training to the prison officials (ninth operative paragraph
of the Judgment). In this regard, the State must present detailed information on
progress under the actual normative framework, including an implementation
timetable and the results that, gradually, it is expected to achieve. In addition, it
must provide information on a specific timetable and goals with regard to the process
of improving the physical and sanitary conditions of the different prisons, as well as
on the food and medical attention for those deprived of liberty. With regard to the
training of officials who work in these establishments, it must provide precise
information on the implementation and expected results of a human rights training
program for them. Regarding all the above, the Court finds it pertinent that the State
describe the steps to be taken based on an annual timetable that must be presented
to the Court.
20.
The Court will consider the general situation of compliance with the Judgment when
it has received pertinent information on the aspects of the reparations that remain pending.
THEREFORE,
THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
in exercise of its authority to monitor compliance with its decisions pursuant to Articles 33,
62(1), 62(3), 65, 67 and 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, 25(1) and 30
of its Statute, and 31(2) and 69 of its Rules of Procedure,
DECIDES THAT:
1.
It will keep the proceeding of monitoring compliance open with regard to operative
paragraphs 7 and 9 of the Judgment concerning the State’s obligation:
a) To investigate the facts of the case, and to apply the measures derived from this
investigation to those responsible for the said facts, and
b) To adopt measures designed to create conditions that permit ensuring to the inmates
of Honduran prisons adequate food, medical attention, hygiene and physical conditions,
and to implement a training program on human rights for officials who work in the
prisons.
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