221. The State indicated that, should the Court deliver a judgment, “it commits to implement the
measures regarding publication and the dissemination thereof.” The Court notes that the
Memorandum of Understanding establishes that the State commit to ”publishing in two newspapers
of national circulation the summary of the Report on the Merits and to publish the entire document on
the Webpages of the Secretariats proposed by the representatives” (supra para. 2(d)).
222. Therefore, the Court orders, as it has done in other cases, 163 that the State publish, within six
months of notification of this judgment, in a legible and adequate font: a) the Court’s official summary
of this judgment, once, in the Official Gazette and in the Diario Semanario Judicial of the Federation
and its Gazette; b) the Court’s official summary of this judgment, once, in a newspaper of wide national
circulation and c) the complete judgment, available for one year, on the official Website of the
Government of Mexico in a manner that is available to the public and on the initial page of the Website.
The State shall immediately inform the Curt once it has published each of the above, irrespective of
the period of one year to present its first report, as ordered in Operative Paragraph 12 of this
judgment.
C.2 Public act of acknowledgement of international responsibility
223. The representatives requested, in order to redress the damage caused to the victims, the
holding of a public act of acknowledgement of responsibility and apology to the victims. They indicated
that to be “an effective measure of satisfaction,” such act “must have the participation of senior
authorities of the State, held in the presence of, and in coordination with the prior agreement, of the
victims and their representatives.” The Commission did not specifically refer to this measure.
224. The State affirmed that, in the event that the Court found the State responsible, it committed
to hold the act of acknowledgement. The Court noted that the Memorandum of Understanding
establishes that State “senior officials shall offer the victims of the case an Act of Public Apology and
Acknowledgement of Responsibility for the events indicated by the Commission in its Report on the
Merits. The format of such act will be coordinated with the victims and their representatives” (supra
para. 2(d)).
225. The Court deems it necessary to order, with the purpose of repairing the harm caused to the
victim and to avoid that events such as in this case are not repeated, that the State hold a public act
of acknowledgement of international responsibility with regard to the events of the present case. At
that act, there must be references to the human rights violations declared in this judgment. The act
shall be held in a public ceremony in the presence of senior State officials and of the victims declared
in this judgment, if they so wish, and their representatives. 164
226. The State, the victims and/or their representatives must agree on the means of compliance of
the public act and on specific aspects, such as the place and date on which it will be held. 165 In
addition, the State shall ensure that the victims have the possibility of attending, for which it should
pay the transportation expenses. The Court, as it has done in other cases, 166 orders that the State
disseminate the act by the broadest possible means of communication, including the radio, television
and social media. The State authorities who should be present or participate in the act must be senior
State officials, including senior officials of the Secretariat of Justice. The State shall have one year
163
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of December 3, 2001. Series C No. 88, para.
79 and Case of Digna Ochoa et al. v. Mexico, supra, para. 167.
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and Costs, supra, para. 81 and Case of Manuela et al. v. El
Salvador. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November 2, 2021. Series C No. 441, para. 276.
164
165
Cf. Case of Radilla Pacheco v. Mexico. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November
23, 2009. Series C No. 209, para. 353 and Case of Manuela et al. v. El Salvador, supra, para. 277.
166
See, for example, Case of the Miguel Castro Castro Prison v. Peru, supra, para. 445 and Case of Manuela et al. v. El
Salvador, supra, par. 276.
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