77
Miraval, María Omeara Miraval (deceased), Elva María Solano de Álvarez, Judith Álvarez Solano,
Miguel Ángel Álvarez Solano, Héctor Manuel Álvarez Solano, Clemencia Patricia Álvarez Solano,
Juan Carlos Álvarez Solano , Ana Edith Álvarez de García, Fabiola Álvarez Solano, Elba Katherine
Omeara Álvarez, Manuel Guillermo Omeara Álvarez, and Claudia Marcela Omeara Álvarez (supra
para. 281).
299. In this regard, it is worth mentioning that in the expert opinion given before this Court
on psychosocial and moral harm caused to the next of kin, and particularly, "the collective
damage caused" to the family unit, rendered by Ángela Cristina Tapias Saldaña and Yeiny
Carolina Torres Bocachica, It is established that "the psychosocial damage suffered by the
victims’ families is profound and evident," and that "the emotional suffering that persists after
23 years due to the absence of truth and justice is evident," and it was also noted that the
victims suffered psychological harm at an individual level. The Court understands that there was
indeed a psychological impact caused to each of the members of the three groups of affected
family members. Therefore, the Court considers it relevant to order a reparation that provides
adequate attention to the psychological suffering of the victims of the violations established in
this judgment.315
300. The Court orders the State to provide, free of charge, at no cost or charge, as a priority,
appropriate psychological treatment to victims who require it, following their consent. Said
expression of consent must be expressed within a period of six months from the notification of
this judgment. As long as it is appropriate to the orders, this Court considers, as it has done in
other cases,316 that the State may grant said treatment through the national health services,
including through the PAPSIVI. When providing psychological treatment, the particular
circumstances and needs of each victim must also be considered, so that they are offered
collective, family and individual treatment, according to agreement with each one of them and
after an individual evaluation. Similarly, the respective psychiatric or psychological treatments
must be provided for as long as necessary, and as far as possible in the centers closest to the
victims’ places of residence and at a location accessible to them.317
D.
Measures of satisfaction: publication and dissemination of the judgment and a
public act of acknowledgement
301. The representatives asked the Court to order the State to publish, within six months
after the date of notification of the judgment, in the Official Gazette the relevant parts of the
judgment, “including the names of each chapter and the section –without the footnotes-, as
well as the operative paragraphs of this judgment […] in another newspaper with wide national
circulation, the official summary of the judgment prepared by the Court.” They also required
that the publication be immediately available on the official website of the President of the
Republic, the Government of the Department of Cesar, and the Municipal Mayor's Offices of
Aguachica and San Martín. They also requested that a public act of acknowledgment of
responsibility be carried out, within one year of the publication of the judgment, in which the
memory of each of the victims in the case and their relatives are honored. They required that
it be held in the San Roque Park in the municipality of Aguachica (Cesar) and have the widest
possible dissemination and the corresponding costs be covered. They requested that the
Cf. Case of Barrios Altos v. Peru. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November 30, 2001. Series C No. 87,
paras. 42 and 45, and Case of López Soto et al. v. Venezuela, supra, para. 291.
316
Cf. Case of Yarce et al. v. Colombia, supra, para. 340, and Case of Terrones Silva et al. v. Peru, supra, para.
252.
317
Cf. Case of 19 Tradesmen v. Colombia, supra, para. 278, and Case of Coc Max et al. (Xamán Massacre) v.
Guatemala, supra, para. 155.
315