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the measure adopted by the State was not sufficient to comply with the
applicable international standards. They added that the report of the State did
not clearly indicate whether the services described therein were available to all
inmates or only in one or some penitentiary centers, whereby they considered
that the State had not complied with this part of operative paragraph 9;
d)
as to the physical and sanitary conditions, they pointed out that the
report of the State failed to mention the centers in which improvements had
been made. They considered that, under the United Nations Standards
Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the measures reported by the
State were not satisfactory to guarantee the rights of inmates; and
e)
as to the training of the penitentiary staff in human rights, they pointed
out that the State did neither inform the contents of the training courses nor if
the programs were permanent.
19.
That regarding the improvement of penitentiary conditions, the Commission
expressed its concern about the failure of the State to submit information. It further
pointed out that, in accordance with the observations made by the representatives, in
Honduras there are 24 penitentiary centers and that the information submitted by the
State was not clear as to whether the measures had been adopted in all such centers.
Furthermore, it endorsed the representatives’ claim alleging that though the measures
reported by the State were specific, they did not conform to a public policy oriented
towards improving the penitentiary system. It concluded that the State should inform
in detail about the measures adopted and the extent to which they are in keeping with
the measures ordered in the Judgment (supra Having Seen 4).
20.
Based on the information submitted by the parties, the Court observes that
though the State has informed about the specific measures it has implemented
regarding compliance with operative paragraph 9, it deems it imperative that the State
inform in which penitentiary centers such measures were adopted in order to ensure
an adequate diet and medical care for the inmates, as well as physical and sanitary
conditions consistent with the applicable international standards. Furthermore, it
considers that the State must inform in detail about the contents of education
programs in human rights offered to the personnel of penitentiary centers.
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21.
That with regard to operative paragraphs 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, the State
pointed out that it has complied with payment of the compensations ordered by the
Court, covering the full compensation amounts to all beneficiaries. At first, it paid said
amounts to Alfredo López-Álvarez, Teresa Reyes-Reyes, Alba Luz García-Álvarez, Rina
Maribel García-Álvarez, Mirna Suyapa García-Álvarez and Apolonia Álvarez-Aranda,
attaching the delivery documents and payment receipt for said amounts. It further
stated that regarding Catarino López, Joel Enrique García-Álvarez, and Marcia Migdalia
García-Álvarez, owing to errors in their written names, after due checking and
confirmation of their names before a notary public, the State paid the compensatory
amounts. With regard to the other victims Alfred Omaly López-Suazo, José Álvarez-